Great earthquake, 8 mag has occurred near Lagunas in Peru

A great earthquake magnitude 8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lagunas in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.98 km (71 miles). Exact location of event, depth 114.98 km, -75.2382° West, -5.8107° South. Unique identifier: us60003sc0. Ids that are associated to the event: at00ps3pco, pt19146001, us60003sc0. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lagunas in Peru (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/19 / 2019-05-26 07:41:14 / May 26, 2019 @ 7:41 am. The temblor was detected at 02:41:14 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 158 km (98 miles) from Lamas (c. 13 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lagunas (c. 9 200 pop), 130 km (81 miles) from Chazuta (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lamas, Chazuta, Yurimaguas.

Every year there are an estimated 1-2 great earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 8.0 or greater can totally destroy communities near the epicenter.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 80 km SE of Lagunas, Peru.

Chazuta Lagunas Lamas Peru Yurimaguas

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.2382° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.8107° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	114.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	80km SE of Lagunas, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-05-26 07:41:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-26 08:04:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	92	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.9	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	7.119	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	yellow	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	1	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	1048	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	,at,pt,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	3.156	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	31	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60003sc0	Id of event.
Event Code	60003sc0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00ps3pco,pt19146001,us60003sc0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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