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Light earthquake 4 mag, 14 km SE of Sullana, Peru


Earthquake location -4.9994S, -80.6013WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sullana in Peru on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:13:06 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/20 / 2020-12-30 08:13:06 / December 30, 2020 @ 8:13 am. Exact location of event, depth 80.95 km, -80.6013° West, -4.9994° South. Unique identifier: us6000d6rs. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d6rs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.95 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Breita, Talara, Buenos Aires (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Chulucanas (c. 68 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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 SE of Sullana, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.6013° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.9994° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SE of Sullana, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-30 08:13:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-28 11:36:54 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 246 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 2.851 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us6000d6rs Id of event.
Event Code 6000d6rs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d6rs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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