Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.7 - 15 km SW of Cupe, Provincia de La Union, Arequipa, Peru, martes, 29 ene. 2019
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Moderate magnitude 5.7 earthquake at 10 km depth
29 Jan 23:40 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 6 minutos.
Jan 29 23:46: Magnitud recalculada de 5.6 a 5.7.
Jan 29 23:46: Magnitud recalculada de 5.6 a 5.7.
Magnitud: 5.7
Profundidad: 10.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 15.39°S / 73.11°W

Volcán mas cercano: Coropuna (46 km / 29 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
15 km al SO de Cupe (pop: 75) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
27 km al NO de Chichas (pop: 185) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
32 km al ONO de Salamanca (pop: 547) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
36 km al NNO de Arirahua (pop: 735) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
82 km al ESE de Coracora (Parinacochas, Ayacucho) (pop: 7,420) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
84 km al O de Orcopampa (Castilla) (pop: 5,640) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
144 km al NNO de Camana (Camaná) (pop: 16,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
146 km al NO de El Pedregal (pop: 20,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
202 km al ONO de Arequipa (pop: 841,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
564 km al SE de Lima (pop: 7,737,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 2.2 x 1013 joules (6.22 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5351 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) More info
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Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
M 5.7 | 10 km | Southern Peru | GFZ |
M 5.5 | 1 km | SOUTHERN PERU | EMSC |
M 5.0 | 119 km | Southern Peru | GeoAu |
M 5.5 | 109 km | - 27km SSW of Orcopampa, Peru | USGS |
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Cayma, Arequipa (200.6 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : only about three mild shakes and then it passed quickly.
628 km SSE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
Arequipa Arequipa (203.6 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
201.9 km ESE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Shaking lasted about 20 seconds
Arequipa (Peru, 138 km SE of epicenter) : Me hizo salir a pesar de la lluvia. (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks of the M 5.7 terremoto: 15 km al suroeste de Cupe, Provincia de La Union, Arequipa, Perú Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:34
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):- 21 Feb 2019 22:17 UTC| M 5.1 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|20 km (12 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 19 Feb 2019 04:37 UTC| M 4.1 |123 km (76.4 mi) depth|10 km (6 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
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