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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Palca in Peru


Earthquake location -18.144S, -69.6967WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Palca in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:19:58 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.6967° West, latitude -18.144° South, depth = 116.694 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.694 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nczl. Id of event: us7000nczl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 00:19:58 / September 11, 2024 @ 12:19 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica, Tacna (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km SE of Palca, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.6967° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.144° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.694 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km SE of Palca, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-11 00:19:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 00:35:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.261 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nczl Id of event.
Event Code 7000nczl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nczl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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