Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 45 km ESE of Palca, Peru

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Palca in Peru on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144.162 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:50:26 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.5935 West, latitude -17.9975 South, depth = 144.162 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 00:50:26 / December 5, 2024 @ 12:50 am. Id of earthquake: us7000nw0q. Event ids that are associated: us7000nw0q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 45 km ESE of Palca, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.5935° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-17.9975° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	144.162 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km ESE of Palca, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-05 00:50:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 00:59:06	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	0.42	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	132	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	us7000nw0q	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nw0q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nw0q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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