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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Camaná in Peru


Earthquake location -16.8125S, -72.4395WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Camaná in Peru. Exact location, longitude -72.4395° West, latitude -16.8125° South, depth = 79.48 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 16:40:06 / July 28, 2020 @ 4:40 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.48 km (49 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:40:06 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b5es. Id of event: us6000b5es. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yura, Lluta, Punta de Bombón (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km SE of Camaná, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.4395° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.8125° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 79.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SE of Camaná, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-28 16:40:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-28 16:57:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 370 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 2.53 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us6000b5es Id of event.
Event Code 6000b5es An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b5es, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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