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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Arequipa in Peru


Earthquake location -16.396S, -71.5747WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Arequipa in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:00:31 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 19:00:31 / July 29, 2016 @ 7:00 pm. Unique identifier: us100068hh. Ids that are associated to the event: us100068hh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5747 West, latitude -16.396 South, depth = 110.97 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.97 km (69 miles).

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 4 km (3 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta de Bombón, Mollendo, Cocachacra.

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 twenty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km W of Arequipa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5747° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.396° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km W 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 2016-07-29 19:00:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-29 21:30:57 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 284 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 2.289 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100068hh Id of event.
Event Code 100068hh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100068hh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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