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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Paracas in Peru


Earthquake location -14.3313S, -76.19WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Paracas in Peru. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:56:09 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -76.19° West, latitude -14.3313° South, depth = 39.71 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/15 / 2015-10-31 23:56:09 / October 31, 2015 @ 11:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.71 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000414s. Id of event: us2000414s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Clemente, Pisco, Villa Tupac Amaru.

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 52 km S of Paracas, 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 -76.19° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.3313° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km S of Paracas, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-31 23:56:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-01 00:38:57 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 7.398 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us2000414s Id of event.
Event Code 2000414s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000414s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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