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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Mariposa in Peru

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Mariposa in Peru. Id of earthquake: us7000pein. Event ids that are associated: us7000pein. The temblor was picked up at 17:00:48 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 17:00:48 / February 18, 2025 @ 5:00 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 94.254 km (59 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.8217 West, latitude -11.3172 South, depth = 94.254 km.

Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Huancayo (c. 376 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tarma (c. 51 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Jauja (c. 21 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Concepción (c. 11 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oxapampa, Huayucachi, Chupaca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NW of Mariposa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-74.8217° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-11.3172° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	94.254 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km NW of Mariposa, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-18 17:00:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-18 17:18:32	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	385	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	69	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.089	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	us7000pein	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pein	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pein,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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