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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 10 km NNE of Cañaveral, Peru

Posted by admin on May 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.8565S, -80.616WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cañaveral in Peru. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxx7. Id of event: us7000pxx7. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 11:22:42 / May 8, 2025 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:22:42 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -80.616° West, latitude -3.8565° South, depth = 56.116 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.116 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catacocha, Querecotillo, Talara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (61 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 41 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Querecotillo (c. 25 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NNE of Cañaveral, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.616° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.8565° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNE of Cañaveral, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-08 11:22:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-08 11:38:24 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 449 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.936 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pxx7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pxx7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pxx7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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