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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Contamana in Peru


Earthquake location -7.9047S, -75.6293WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Contamana in Peru. The temblor was detected at 11:04:53 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.09 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10007rvw. Event ids that are associated: us10007rvw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/17 / 2017-01-07 16:04:53 / January 7, 2017 @ 4:04 pm. Exact location of event, depth 42.09 km, -75.6293° West, -7.9047° South.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Contamana. Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Contamana (c. 13 900 pop).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 92 km SW of Contamana, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.6293° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.9047° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km SW of Contamana, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-07 16:04:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-07 18:24:50 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 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 354 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 2.902 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us10007rvw Id of event.
Event Code 10007rvw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007rvw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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