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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near El Algarrobal in Peru


Earthquake location -17.5041S, -71.3203WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from El Algarrobal in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000d32h. Event ids that are associated: us6000d32h. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.19 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -71.3203° West, latitude -17.5041° South, depth = 70.19 km. The temblor was reported at 23:52:12 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/12/20 / 2020-12-25 23:52:12 / December 25, 2020 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mollendo, Ilabaya, Torata. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km NNW of El Algarrobal, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3203° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.5041° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NNW of El Algarrobal, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-25 23:52:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-26 00:14:30 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 326 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 1.269 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us6000d32h Id of event.
Event Code 6000d32h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d32h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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