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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Coracora in Peru


Earthquake location -15.08S, -73.1909WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Coracora in Peru on Monday. Exact location, longitude -73.1909° West, latitude -15.08° South, depth = 89.09 km. The temblor was detected at 02:18:24 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000abyp. Event ids that are associated: us6000abyp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.09 km (55 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 02:18:24 / June 15, 2020 @ 2:18 am.

Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby 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 Tambo, Coracora.

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. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km E of Coracora, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.1909° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.08° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km E of Coracora, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-15 02:18:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-22 00:19:05 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 4.261 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 us6000abyp Id of event.
Event Code 6000abyp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000abyp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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