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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Huancavelica in Peru

Posted by admin on May 26, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -13.2323S, -75.0665WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Huancavelica in Peru. Id of earthquake: us60003sed. Event ids that are associated: us60003sed. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.58 km (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/05/19 / 2019-05-26 10:41:15 / May 26, 2019 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -75.0665 West, latitude -13.2323 South, depth = 77.58 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:41:15 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Huancavelica (c. 41 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Huanta (c. 18 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Pampas (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pampas, Huanta, Ayacucho (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km S of Huancavelica, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.0665° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.2323° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km S of Huancavelica, 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 10:41:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-26 11:10:20 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 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 2.129 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us60003sed Id of event.
Event Code 60003sed An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60003sed, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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