Light magnitude 4.7 quake hits 59 km northwest of Jaén, Peru early morning
Sun, 29 Nov 2020, 10:57
10:57 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
4.7 quake 29 Nov 5:37 am (GMT -5)
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service at VolcanoDiscovery identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been widely felt by almost everyone in the area of the epicenter. It might have caused light to moderate damage. Moderate shaking probably occurred in Los Cuyes (pop. 100) located 3 km from the epicenter, Los Cuyes (pop. 100) 3 km away, and San Ignacio (pop. 7,900) 8 km away.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Los Llanos (pop. 300) located 14 km from the epicenter, El Rejo (pop. 200) 16 km away, Jaén (pop. 52,500) 59 km away, La Peca (pop. 27,000) 73 km away, and Bagua Grande (pop. 20,400) 84 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: Sun, 29 Nov 10:37 UTC
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.19°S / 78.94°W
Primary data source: GFZ
