Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Quilca in Peru

Posted by admin on November 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.7604S, -72.5933WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Quilca in Peru on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 13:04:47 / November 18, 2024 @ 1:04 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:04:47 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 55.306 km, -72.5933° West, -16.7604° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nsf4. Id of event: us7000nsf4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.306 km (34 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta de Bombón, Cocachacra, Mollendo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop). Nearby 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

Did you feel anything?

Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km WSW of Quilca, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.5933° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.7604° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.306 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km WSW of Quilca, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-18 13:04:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-18 15:19:27 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 326 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.679 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000nsf4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nsf4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nsf4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today