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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Lluta in Peru


Earthquake location -15.7921S, -71.8759WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Lluta in Peru on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 71.82 km, -71.8759° West, -15.7921° South. The temblor was reported at 01:43:48 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 71.82 km (45 miles). Global time and date of event 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 06:43:48 / August 29, 2015 @ 6:43 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003m5f. Unique identifier: us20003m5f.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa, Arequipa, Yura (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 28 km NNE of Lluta, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8759° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.7921° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km NNE of Lluta, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-29 06:43:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-20 09:39:04 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 271 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 2.954 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us20003m5f Id of event.
Event Code 20003m5f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003m5f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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