Magnitude 7.5 - NORTHERN PERU
2005 September 26 01:55:39 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 7.5 |
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| Location | 5.674°S, 76.409°W |
| Depth | 127.4 km (79.2 miles) |
| Region | NORTHERN PERU |
| Distances | 75 km (45 miles) NE of Moyobamba, Peru 170 km (105 miles) ENE of Chachapoyas, Peru 645 km (400 miles) SSE of QUITO, Ecuador 715 km (445 miles) N of LIMA, Peru |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 4.5 km (2.8 miles); depth +/- 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=280, Nph=280, Dmin=699.4 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 |
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| Event ID | usdlad |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
Five people killed, at least 60 injured, about 70 percent of the houses destroyed and at least 200 buildings damaged at Lamas. Damage to buildings at Chachapoyas, Moyobamba and Tarapota. Felt (IV) at Cajamarca, Lima and Trujillo; (III) at Manta. Felt (VI) at Cuenca and Loja, (III) at Quito, Ecuador and (II) at Bogota, Colombia. Felt throughout Peru and Ecuador. Also felt in Amazonas and Rondonia, Brazil.
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- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
