Leve terremoto magnitud 4.0 - 8.2 km NNE of Huaynacotas, Provincia de La Union, Arequipa, Peru, viernes, 27 nov. 2020 -

Leve terremoto magnitud 4.0 - 8.2 km NNE of Huaynacotas, Provincia de La Union, Arequipa, Peru, viernes, 27 nov. 2020

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 104 km depth

27 Nov 01:48 UTC: Primero en informar: USGS después de 14 minutos.
27 Nov 02:18: Ahora usando una nueva fuente de datos: IGP
Fecha & hora: 27 Nov 2020 01:34:36 UTC -
Hora local al epicentro: jueves, 26 nov 2020 20:34 (GMT -5)
Magnitud: 4
Profundidad: 104.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 15.0566°S / 72.7872°W (Provincia de La Union, Arequipa, Perú)
Volcán mas cercano: Coropuna (46 km / 29 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
4 km al NNO de Piramarca (pop: 54) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
8 km al NNE de Huaynacotas (pop: 849) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
36 km al NE de Cupe (pop: 75) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
50 km al N de Salamanca (pop: 547) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
53 km al ONO de Orcopampa (Castilla) (pop: 5,640) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
56 km al NNE de Chichas (pop: 185) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
69 km al SSE de Calcauso (Apurímac) (pop: 383) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
70 km al NNE de Arirahua (pop: 735) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
201 km al NO de Arequipa (pop: 841,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
568 km al SE de Lima (pop: 7,737,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 3.3°C (38 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 2 m/s (5 kts) from NNE
Fuente primaria de datos: IGP
Energía liberada estimada: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 4.0104 km21 Km Al Norte-NE De Cotahuasi, La Unión - Arequipa, PeruIGP
M 4.0101 kmSOUTHERN PERUEMSC
M 4.0101 kmSouthern PeruUSGS

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