Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Santiago in Peru

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Santiago in Peru on Monday. Global time and date of event 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 21:45:03 / August 8, 2016 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.37 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 13.37 km, -76.2344° West, -14.512° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006c65. Id of event: us10006c65. The temblor was reported at 16:45:03 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Clemente, Villa Tupac Amaru, Pisco.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.2344° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.512° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66km WSW of Santiago, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-08 21:45:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-08 22:01:36	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	326	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	2.578	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	183	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	us10006c65	Id of event.
Event Code	10006c65	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006c65,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-76.2344° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-14.512° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

13.37 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

66km WSW of Santiago, Peru

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-08-08 21:45:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-08-08 22:01:36

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.578

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.86 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

183

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10006c65

Id of event.

Event Code

10006c65

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10006c65,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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