Very Strong Mag. 6.1 Earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 90 km West of Paita, Piura, Peru, on Monday, August 12, 2013 04:49:32

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Very strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 90 km west of Paita, Piura, Peru, on Monday, August 12, 2013 04:49:32

Very strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 10 km depth

12 Aug 10:10 UTC: First to report: USGS after 21 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 12, 2013 09:49:32 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Monday, August 12, 2013 04:49:32
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.1
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	5.3837°S / 81.8731°W (South Pacific Ocean, Peru)
Antipode	5.384°N / 98.127°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	90 km (56 mi) WSW of Paita (pop: 56,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 97 km (61 mi) WSW of Salinera Colan (Paita) (pop: 14,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 112 km (69 mi) SW of Talara (pop: 99,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 125 km (78 mi) W of La Union (Piura) (pop: 34,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 132 km (82 mi) W of Catacaos (pop: 57,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 135 km (84 mi) W of San Martin (pop: 130,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 139 km (86 mi) W of Piura (pop: 325,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) WSW of Sullana (pop: 160,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 192 km (119 mi) W of Chulucanas (pop: 68,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 912 km (567 mi) NW of Lima (pop: 7,737,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	8.9 x 10¹³ joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.2	16 km	Near Coast of Northern Peru	GFZ
6.2	10 km	NEAR COAST OF NORTHERN PERU	EMSC
6.1	10 km	90km WSW of Paita, Peru	USGS
6.1	10 km	SW of Paita, Peru	GeoAu
5.8	17 km	IV Paita II III Talara Sullana (Peru)	IGP

(shakemap: USGS)

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 2242 km / 1393 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tegucigalpa, Honduras: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (1)

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