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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Santa Ana in Peru

Posted by admin on November 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.9349S, -75.1973WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Santa Ana in Peru on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/11/24 / 2024-11-05 19:39:41 / November 5, 2024 @ 7:39 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.395 km (49 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -75.1973 West, latitude -12.9349 South, depth = 79.395 km. Event id: us7000nq3d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nq3d. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:39:41 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Huancayo (c. 376 700 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Chincha Alta (c. 153 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Huancavelica (c. 41 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Huanta (c. 18 600 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Concepción (c. 11 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Chupaca (c. 9 900 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chincha Alta, Concepción, San Jerónimo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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: 14 km NNW of Santa Ana, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.1973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.9349° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 79.395 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NNW of Santa Ana, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-05 19:39:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-05 19:57:54 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 500 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 119 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.862 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nq3d Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq3d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq3d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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