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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Máncora in Peru


Earthquake location -4.0173S, -81.0349WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Máncora in Peru. The temblor was reported at 15:36:30 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/20 / 2020-08-15 15:36:30 / August 15, 2020 @ 3:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000bf7p. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000bf7p. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -81.0349° West, -4.0173° South.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tumbes, Talara, Zorritos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Breita (c. 17 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Zorritos (c. 12 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from El Alto (c. 9 300 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Máncora (c. 9 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km N of Máncora, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -81.0349° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.0173° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km N of Máncora, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-15 15:36:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-15 16:11:38 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 298 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 4.134 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us6000bf7p Id of event.
Event Code 6000bf7p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bf7p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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