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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Pampas in Peru


Earthquake location -12.1885S, -74.8297WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Pampas in Peru on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 54.13 km, -74.8297° West, -12.1885° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.13 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/19 / 2019-05-13 07:10:28 / May 13, 2019 @ 7:10 am. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:10:28 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70003k8m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003k8m.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Huancayo (c. 376 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Huancavelica (c. 41 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Jauja (c. 21 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Huanta (c. 18 600 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Concepción (c. 11 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Chupaca (c. 9 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Satipo, Huanta, Mazamari (min 5000 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km NNE of Pampas, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.8297° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.1885° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km NNE of Pampas, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-13 07:10:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-13 07:30:34 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 416 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 1.978 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us70003k8m Id of event.
Event Code 70003k8m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003k8m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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