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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Moyobamba in Peru


Earthquake location -5.7191S, -76.6854WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Moyobamba in Peru. 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 45.08 km (28 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:46:03 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 45.08 km, -76.6854° West, -5.7191° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cc2y. Unique identifier: us7000cc2y. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/20 / 2020-11-08 10:46:03 / November 8, 2020 @ 10:46 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Moyobamba (c. 44 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Rioja (c. 25 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tabalosos (c. 14 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lamas (c. 13 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Soritor (c. 10 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from San José de Sisa (c. 9 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José de Sisa, Barranca, Lamas.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 47 km NE of Moyobamba, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.6854° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.7191° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km NE of Moyobamba, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-08 10:46:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-08 11:06:42 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 4.429 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000cc2y Id of event.
Event Code 7000cc2y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cc2y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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