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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Moquegua in Peru


Earthquake location -17.4154S, -71.0088WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Moquegua in Peru. Exact location of event, longitude -71.0088 West, latitude -17.4154 South, depth = 81.63 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 81.63 km (51 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:13:50 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 05:13:50 / January 24, 2020 @ 5:13 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us60007efq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007efq.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna, Punta de Bombón, Cocachacra (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 25 km SSW of Moquegua, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.0088° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.4154° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km SSW of Moquegua, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-24 05:13:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-24 05:34:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.86 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 451 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 1.142 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60007efq Id of event.
Event Code 60007efq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007efq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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