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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Orcopampa in Peru


Earthquake location -15.0116S, -71.9437WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:56:19 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.75 km (84 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9437 West, latitude -15.0116 South, depth = 135.75 km. Event id: us20002y4g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002y4g. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 11:56:19 / July 17, 2015 @ 11:56 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa (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 one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km ENE of Orcopampa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9437° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.0116° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 135.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km ENE of Orcopampa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-17 11:56:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-17 14:04:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.676 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us20002y4g Id of event.
Event Code 20002y4g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002y4g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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