Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Cotaruse in Peru

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cotaruse in Peru on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:33:48 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -73.2494° West, -14.4588° South, depth 74.503 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz31. Id of event: us7000nz31. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.503 km (46 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 14:33:48 / December 15, 2024 @ 2:33 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Talavera (c. 7 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 5 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talavera, San Jerónimo, Andahuaylas.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SW of Cotaruse, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.2494° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.4588° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	74.503 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SW of Cotaruse, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-15 14:33:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-15 15:58:54	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	298	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.787	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	141	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	us7000nz31	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nz31	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nz31,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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