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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Huayllati in Peru

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Huayllati in Peru on Friday. The temblor was detected at 04:04:31 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 04:04:31 / March 14, 2025 @ 4:04 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pyr6. Event ids that are associated: us6000pyr6. Exact location of earthquake, -72.4682° West, -13.9376° South, depth 10 km.

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Cusco (c. 312 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Calca (c. 9 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Urubamba (c. 7 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Anta (c. 5 900 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Andahuaylas, San Jerónimo, Urcos (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km ESE of Huayllati, 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	-72.4682° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-13.9376° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km ESE of Huayllati, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-14 04:04:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-14 04:37:50	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.683	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us6000pyr6	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pyr6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pyr6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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