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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Morrope in Peru


Earthquake location -6.647S, -80.4888WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Morrope in Peru. Exact location of event, longitude -80.4888 West, latitude -6.647 South, depth = 62.34 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 21:28:59 / November 20, 2015 @ 9:28 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.34 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:28:59 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003zy1. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003zy1.

Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Picsi, Jayanca, Reque (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Chiclayo (c. 577 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Picsi (c. 43 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ferreñafe (c. 34 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monsefú (c. 25 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pimentel (c. 15 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Eten (c. 13 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km WSW of Morrope, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.4888° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.647° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km WSW of Morrope, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-20 21:28:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-20 22:42:55 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 312 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 6.411 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us10003zy1 Id of event.
Event Code 10003zy1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003zy1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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