5.5 Mb - CENTRAL PERU

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude
5.5 Mb
Date-Time
20 May 2008 21:37:12 UTC
20 May 2008 16:37:12 near epicenter
20 May 2008 15:37:12 standard time in your timezone
Location
8.553S 74.854W
Depth
126 km
Distances
40 km (25 miles) WSW (242 degrees) of Pucallpa, Peru
210 km (131 miles) NE (44 degrees) of Huanuco, Peru
262 km (163 miles) WSW (248 degrees) of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil
462 km (287 miles) NNE (32 degrees) of LIMA, Peru
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 11.1 km; Vertical 5.7 km
Parameters
Nph = 165; Dmin = 999.9 km; Rmss = 0.67 seconds; Gp = 129°M-type = Mb; Version = 6
Event ID
US 2008sgcw
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