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


Earthquake location -16.597S, -71.5362WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Arequipa in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.49 km (75 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000b95w. Event ids that are associated: us6000b95w. Exact location of event, depth 120.49 km, -71.5362° West, -16.597° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/20 / 2020-08-04 13:57:47 / August 4, 2020 @ 1:57 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:57:47 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moquegua, Torata, Lluta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km S of Arequipa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5362° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.597° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km S of Arequipa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-04 13:57:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-04 14:16:38 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 2.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 272 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 us6000b95w Id of event.
Event Code 6000b95w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b95w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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