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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Mollendo in Peru


Earthquake location -16.7948S, -71.9075WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Mollendo in Peru. Global time and date of event 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 05:04:02 / July 17, 2020 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -71.9075 West, latitude -16.7948 South, depth = 120.83 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.83 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000aq5h. Event ids that are associated: us7000aq5h. The temblor was detected at 05:04:02 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camaná, Lluta, Yura (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km NNE of Mollendo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9075° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.7948° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km NNE of Mollendo, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-17 05:04:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-17 05:21:24 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 271 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 2.164 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us7000aq5h Id of event.
Event Code 7000aq5h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000aq5h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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