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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near La Capilla in Peru


Earthquake location -16.7879S, -71.3198WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from La Capilla in Peru. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 136.001 km (85 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.3198° West, latitude -16.7879° South, depth = 136.001 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nxlj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxlj. Global time and date of event 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 14:19:22 / December 10, 2024 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:19:22 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilo, Pacocha, Mollendo (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km WSW of La Capilla, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3198° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.7879° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.001 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km WSW of La Capilla, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-10 14:19:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 15:39:10 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 354 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.83 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us7000nxlj Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxlj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxlj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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