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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 74 km SSW of Ilo, Peru


Earthquake location -18.2805S, -71.5443WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Ilo in Peru on Saturday. Event id: us20003gt4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gt4. Exact location, longitude -71.5443° West, latitude -18.2805° South, depth = 20.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 20:18:58 / September 5, 2015 @ 8:18 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:18:58 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.8 km (13 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pacocha, Ilo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 74 km SSW of Ilo, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5443° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.2805° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km SSW of Ilo, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-05 20:18:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-05 21:49:46 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 1.145 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20003gt4 Id of event.
Event Code 20003gt4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003gt4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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