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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 30 km E of Santa Rosa, Peru


Earthquake location -10.9103S, -74.6018WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Santa Rosa in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.6018 West, latitude -10.9103 South, depth = 38.25 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:53 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). 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 38.25 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/20 / 2020-09-27 02:50:53 / September 27, 2020 @ 2:50 am. Unique identifier: us6000c1te. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c1te.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oxapampa, San Ramón, Villa Rica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Perené (c. 6 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mazamari (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 30 km E of Santa Rosa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.6018° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.9103° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km E of Santa Rosa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-27 02:50:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-27 03:19:29 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 340 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 2.443 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000c1te Id of event.
Event Code 6000c1te An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c1te, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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