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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Barranca in Peru


Earthquake location -4.0417S, -76.9416WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Barranca in Peru on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.86 km (61 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -76.9416° West, -4.0417° South, depth 98.86 km. Global time and date of event 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 10:31:17 / June 7, 2020 @ 10:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:31:17 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). 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: us6000a7gb. Id of event: us6000a7gb.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barranca. Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Barranca (c. 5 800 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km NNW of Barranca, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.9416° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.0417° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NNW of Barranca, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-07 10:31:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-07 10:51:40 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 3.767 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 449 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 3.638 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000a7gb Id of event.
Event Code 6000a7gb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a7gb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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