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Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - 49 km southeast of Coracora, Provincia de Parinacochas, Ayacucho, Peru, on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 15:14 GMT

Moderate magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 91 km depth

13 Oct 15:20 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 91.0 km.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Oct 13, 2014 15:14:27 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.4
Depth	91.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	15.34°S / 73.45°W (Provincia de Parinacochas, Ayacucho, Peru)
Antipode	15.34°N / 106.55°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	Cerro Auquihuato (11 km / 7 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	10 km (7 mi) S of Quilcata (pop: 662) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 49 km (31 mi) SE of Coracora (Parinacochas) (pop: 7,420) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SE of Tambo (Lucanas Province) (pop: 5,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 163 km (101 mi) NNW of Camana (Camaná, Arequipa) (pop: 16,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 170 km (105 mi) ESE of Nazca (pop: 23,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 176 km (110 mi) NW of El Pedregal (Arequipa) (pop: 20,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) S of Andahuaylas (Apurímac) (pop: 17,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 199 km (124 mi) SSW of Abancay (Apurímac) (pop: 55,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 257 km (159 mi) SSE of Ayacucho (pop: 140,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 533 km (331 mi) SE of Lima (Lima Province) (pop: 7,737,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	7.9 x 10¹² joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.4	91 km	Southern Peru	GFZ
5.4	60 km	SOUTHERN PERU	EMSC
5.4	124 km	243 km al O de Arequipa	GUG (U. Chile)
5.4	96 km	41km ESE of Coracora, Peru	USGS

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Athens (Greece, 11653 km NE of epicenter) : There were two major events within 2 or 3 minutes in this wider area (reported through EMSC)

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