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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Huanuco in Peru


Earthquake location -9.8055S, -76.5031WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Huanuco in Peru on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700059he. Id of event: us700059he. Exact location of event, depth 111.69 km, -76.5031° West, -9.8055° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.69 km (69 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/19 / 2019-08-29 04:21:33 / August 29, 2019 @ 4:21 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:21:33 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Huánuco (c. 148 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Chaupimarca (c. 28 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Yanacancha (c. 23 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ambo (c. 6 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yanahuanca (c. 6 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Miguel de Cauri (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tingo María, Yanahuanca, Chaupimarca (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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 31 km WNW of Huanuco, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.5031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.8055° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km WNW of Huanuco, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-29 04:21:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-29 04:37:29 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 312 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 2.193 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us700059he Id of event.
Event Code 700059he An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700059he, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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