7.0 Magnitude earthquake in Peru Aug 24 2011

[Macrocane]

Magnitude
7.0

Date-Time
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 17:46:11 UTC
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 12:46:11 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
7.644°S, 74.506°W

Depth
145.1 km (90.2 miles)

Region
NORTHERN PERU

Distances
82 km (50 miles) N of Pucallpa, Peru
210 km (130 miles) W of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
315 km (195 miles) NE of Huanuco, Peru
567 km (352 miles) NNE of LIMA, Peru

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 18.2 km (11.3 miles); depth +/- 12 km (7.5 miles)

Parameters
NST=183, Nph=184, Dmin=544.6 km, Rmss=0.89 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID
usc0005j3l

[Macrocane]

The epicenter of the quake was located in the forests of Peru and the population is low in the nearby areas, no damages or deaths have been reported yet.

[Extratropical94]

Luckily it happened in 90 miles depth. A near-surface quake would have had much more impact on buildings and structures.