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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 31 km WSW of Sechura, Peru


Earthquake location -5.6338S, -81.0922WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Sechura in Peru. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.87 km (20 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hcw2. Unique identifier: us1000hcw2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -81.0922 West, latitude -5.6338 South, depth = 32.87 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:47:52 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 02:47:52 / October 10, 2018 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sullana, La Huaca, Piura (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from La Unión (c. 34 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Sechura (c. 23 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km WSW of Sechura, 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 -81.0922° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6338° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km WSW of Sechura, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-10 02:47:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-18 02:59:03 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 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 3.068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us1000hcw2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hcw2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hcw2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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