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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Paita in Peru


Earthquake location -5.188S, -81.0279WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Paita in Peru. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:45:49 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nvc6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nvc6. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/24 / 2024-12-01 22:45:49 / December 1, 2024 @ 10:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -81.0279 West, latitude -5.188 South, depth = 35 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from La Unión (c. 34 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tambo Grande, Talara, Querecotillo (min 5000 pop).

Every 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 one and in the last 365 days one 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km SE of Paita, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -81.0279° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.188° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SE of Paita, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-01 22:45:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-01 23:22:28 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 284 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.23 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 176 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 us7000nvc6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvc6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvc6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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