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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Tournavista in Peru


Earthquake location -8.8864S, -74.4649WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Tournavista in Peru. Unique identifier: us6000nyry. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyry. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.026 km (94 miles). Exact location of event, depth 152.026 km, -74.4649° West, -8.8864° South. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:03:42 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 04:03:42 / October 15, 2024 @ 4:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campoverde, Pucallpa.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km E of Tournavista, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.4649° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.8864° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 152.026 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km E of Tournavista, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-15 04:03:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-15 04:22:51 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 298 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.087 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us6000nyry Id of event.
Event Code 6000nyry An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nyry, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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