Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near La Union in Peru

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from La Union in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us600054jd. Unique identifier: us600054jd. The temblor was reported at 10:50:04 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/19 / 2019-08-13 15:50:04 / August 13, 2019 @ 3:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -77.2642 West, latitude -10.1884 South, depth = 30.09 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.09 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Huaraz (c. 86 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Barranca (c. 46 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chaupimarca (c. 28 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Paramonga (c. 27 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yanacancha (c. 23 200 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Huaura (c. 20 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Huarmey (c. 16 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sayán, Huaura, Végueta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-77.2642° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-10.1884° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	30.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	64km SW of La Union, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-08-13 15:50:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-08-13 16:08:16	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	400	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	1.835	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us600054jd	Id of event.
Event Code	600054jd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us600054jd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-77.2642° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-10.1884° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

30.09 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

64km SW of La Union, Peru

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-08-13 15:50:04

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-08-13 16:08:16

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

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

400

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.835

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.03 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

125

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us600054jd

Id of event.

Event Code

600054jd

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us600054jd,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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