Magnitude 6.0 on SOUTHERN PERU

Source


Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time

* Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 03:06:18 UTC
* Tuesday, June 07, 2011 at 10:06:18 PM at epicenter

Location 17.059°S, 69.498°W
Depth 101.3 km (62.9 miles)
Region SOUTHERN PERU
Distances 131 km (81 miles) NE of Tacna, Peru
147 km (91 miles) SSE of Puno, Peru
153 km (95 miles) E of Moquegua, Peru
985 km (612 miles) SE of LIMA, Peru
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.6 km (7.8 miles); depth +/- 8 km (5.0 miles)
Parameters NST=349, Nph=372, Dmin=169.2 km, Rmss=1.03 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=9
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc00042cc

According to Michael van Poppel (BNO News) on Twitter, his latest two posts:

The earthquake in southern Peru was centered about 100 kilometers deep, making damage less likely

and

The earthquake in southern Peru caused some panic, but no immediate reports of damage or casualties

His Twitter feed...

I am glad it's not a 'disaster' quake but still, far too many of them recently.....

Earthquakes are happening all the time and getting boring, cant the big guy just ram elenin into us now? jeeze
2nd

This is the biggest one for a few days now.

I wonder is there is a volcano around that area?

Wish i had the time to find the info of volcano's and earthquakes and see if a pattern happens.

Gaia is going through labour right now. Let the rebirth begin!

Yes there is a volcano not to far call the Misti
en.wikipedia.org...

Originally posted by misfitofscience
Gaia is going through labour right now. Let the rebirth begin!

Did you read that crazy PDF too?