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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 23 km SSW of Santa Rita de Siguas, Peru

Posted by admin on September 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.7015S, -72.1316WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Santa Rita de Siguas in Peru. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:07:16 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1316 West, latitude -16.7015 South, depth = 89.083 km. Id of earthquake: us7000ngis. Event ids that are associated: us7000ngis. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 10:07:16 / September 26, 2024 @ 10:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.083 km (55 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lluta, Arequipa, Yura (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSW of Santa Rita de Siguas, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.1316° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.7015° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89.083 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SSW of Santa Rita de Siguas, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-26 10:07:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-26 11:23:35 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 312 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.381 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000ngis Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngis An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngis, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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