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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near central Peru


Earthquake location -14.7211S, -76.0079WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes near the coast of central Peru kilometers (0 miles) from central Peru on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xpj. Id of event: us20002xpj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 16:31:47 / July 15, 2015 @ 4:31 pm. Exact location, longitude -76.0079° West, latitude -14.7211° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:31:47 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palpa, San Juan Bautista, Subtanjalla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Palpa (c. 5 900 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: near the coast of central Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.0079° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.7211° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place near the coast of central Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-15 16:31:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-15 23:45:41 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 369 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.836 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us20002xpj Id of event.
Event Code 20002xpj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002xpj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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