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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 6 km NNW of Atuncolla, Peru


Earthquake location -15.6248S, -70.1739WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Atuncolla in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009b4i. Id of event: us70009b4i. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 247.48 km (154 miles). Global time and date of event 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 11:45:31 / May 1, 2020 @ 11:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.1739 West, latitude -15.6248 South, depth = 247.48 km. The temblor was reported at 11:45:31 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Putina, Azángaro, Hacienda Huancane. Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NNW of Atuncolla, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.1739° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.6248° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 247.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NNW of Atuncolla, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-01 11:45:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-31 11:21:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 284 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 2.063 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us70009b4i Id of event.
Event Code 70009b4i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009b4i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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