7.5 quake in Peru

[malaise]

This is bad

M 7.5 Earthquake
173km WNW of Iberia, Peru
An earthquake with magnitude 7.5 occurred near Puerto Maldonado, Peru at 22:45:38.30 UTC on Nov 24, 2015 ...
54 mins ago – U.S. Geological Survey

[mnhtnbb]

1. Yikes. Looked it up since we were in Peru some years ago.

Quite far inland. Near the Amazon River.

[itsrobert]

2. Revised upward to M 7.6

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us100040ww#general_summary

[csziggy]

3. In a sparsely occupied area so that is good

The main quake's epicentre was located 296 kilometres northwest of the Peruvian city of Puerto Maldonado.

It was very deep, 602 kilometres below ground, and in a sparsely populated jungle area of the Amazon so was unlikely
to cause much damage or casualties.

The USGS said a second quake, of magnitude 5.9, struck nearby a few minutes later, also very deep.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/earthquake-peru-brazil-1.3335603

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Official USGS note

M7.5 - PERU-BRAZIL BORDER REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.5
Date-Time
24 Nov 2015 22:45:38 UTC
24 Nov 2015 17:45:38 near epicenter
24 Nov 2015 14:45:38 standard time in your timezone
Location 10.585S 70.966W
Depth 602 km
Distances
173 km (107 mi) WNW of Iberia, Peru
245 km (151 mi) WNW of Cobija, Bolivia
247 km (153 mi) W of Brasileia, Brazil
268 km (166 mi) S of Tarauaca, Brazil
681 km (422 mi) ENE of Lima, Peru
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 8.8 km; Vertical 7.4 km
Parameters Nph = 123; Dmin = 369.0 km; Rmss = 1.06 seconds; Gp = 44°
Version =
Event ID us 100040ww

[malaise]

5. Thanks Nadin