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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Arequipa in Peru


Earthquake location -16.4311S, -71.2108WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Arequipa in Peru on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:39:54 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 13:39:54 / December 1, 2015 @ 1:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2108 West, latitude -16.4311 South, depth = 113.89 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100042fk. Unique identifier: us100042fk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.89 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta de Bombón, Lluta, Cocachacra. Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 34 km E of Arequipa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2108° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.4311° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km E of Arequipa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-01 13:39:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-01 14:02:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 417 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 2.099 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us100042fk Id of event.
Event Code 100042fk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100042fk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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