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Terremoto leve mag. 4.7 - 37 km SW of Espinar, Cusco, Peru, 17 Jul 10:33 pm (GMT -5)

Terremoto leve magnitud 4.7 a 132 km de profundidad

18 Jul 03:44 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 11 minutos.

Update Sun, 18 Jul 2021, 03:51

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes near Espinar, Provincia de Espinar, Cusco, Peru

4.7 quake 37 km southwest of Espinar, Cusco, Peru, 17 Jul 10:33 pm (GMT -5)

Just 17 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Espinar, Provincia de Espinar, Cusco, Peru. The tremor was recorded late at night on Saturday 17 July 2021 at 10:33 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 132 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.7 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Totora (pop. 86) located 13 km from the epicenter, Espinar (pop. 23,900) 37 km away, Ccolo (pop. 3,900) 54 km away, Chivay (pop. 4,500) 67 km away, Yanaoca (pop. 3,900) 94 km away, and Sicuani (pop. 33,600) 97 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Detalles del terremoto

Fecha y hora	18 Jul 2021 03:33:45 UTC
Hora local en el epicentro	17 Jul 10:33 pm (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmado
Magnitud	4.7
Prof.	132.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud	15.04°S / 71.64°W (Provincia de Espinar, Cusco, Perú)
Antipode	15.04°N / 108.36°E
Intensidad del temblor	Temblor débil cerca del epicentro
Sentido	0 informes
Fuente primaria de datos	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Volcán mas cercano	Andahua-Orcopampa (85 km / 53 mi)
Lugares cercanos	2 km al ENE de Huancane (pop: 28) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 37 km al SO de Espinar (pop: 23,900) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 54 km al NNO de Ccolo (Arequipa) (pop: 3,860) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 67 km al N de Chivay (Arequipa) (pop: 4,540) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 79 km al ENE de Orcopampa (Castilla, Arequipa) (pop: 5,640) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 82 km al SE de Santo Tomas (pop: 4,130) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 94 km al SSO de Yanaoca (pop: 3,910) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 97 km al SSO de Sicuani (Canchis) (pop: 33,600) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 172 km al SSE de Ciudad del Cuzco (pop: 312,100) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos 671 km al ESE de Lima (Lima Province) (pop: 7,737,000) \| En el mapa \| Sismos cercanos
Tiempo en el epicentro en el momento del sismo	Broken Clouds 4°C (39 F), humidity: 52%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from SSE
Energía sísmica estimada liberada	7.1 x 10¹¹ joules (197 MWh, equivalente a 169 toneladas de TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Revista	Prof.	Ubicación	Fuente
4.7	132 km	Southern Peru	GFZ
4.9	110 km	CENTRAL PERU	EMSC
4.9	111 km	11 Km SW of Coporaque, Peru	USGS
4.8	111 km	Central Peru	USP

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Chusmiza, Chile (GO01/C network) | Distance from quake: 576 km / 358 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Chusmiza, Chile: 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: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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