Moderate Earthquake Strikes Lima, Peru-No Damage Reported

Disaster Report: Moderate shallow earthquake Strikes Peru Today with epicenter Located Just 37 km SSE  from LIMA, Peru

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UPDATE
Local seismological center mentions M 4.8 @ 42 km depth with epicenter 42 km S of Lima. Max. felt intensity IV for LIMA

UPDATE

Instituto Geofisico del Peru website is currently overloaded. Since the epicenter is in Sea water at intermediate depth. NO DAMAGE CONFIRMED but will have felt in vast area. Kindly let us know, if you felt this earthquake Click here

UPDATE

Felt Reports Received by Disaster Report through "Felt reports Form"
Deborah from Manchay Peru: Loud rumbling: Heard it coming before I felt it: Like a train coming at us: Felt the earth roll under us and then it was over:
Elif Arslan from Lima miraflores: We are tourists from istanbul, experienced about earthquakes..we were staying in miraflores lodge, at night there has been a 10 sec shaking, which was moderate yet frightening enough. The hotel personnel was very cool, relaxed, i think the region is used to such shakes.

Black pixi from Miraflores: felt like a goods train rolling up the road,over in about 3 seconds my 1st 'real feel'
Humberto Portillo from Lima, Peru: It was a stronger, though shorter experience than the quake on Jan 30th, 2012. We are on the 10th floor of an apartment building so we tend to feel the shaking a bit more pronounced than people living on lower floors.
Aravind Karuppaswamy from Lima, Peru: Its pretty strong shake..:)
L Bug from Lima: Felt like the building was bombed or something exploded, kinda scary lots of shaking & weird train type noise ÑÑÑYEAH
Jacqueline Hamman from Chorrillos, Lima, Peru: I heard it come rumbling noisiliy over the sea towards us, then a sudden shake. Many small shakes in Lima in the last few days.
Gabriela Casey from San Juan de Miraflores: Loud, strong shaking but thankfully it was over quickly.
Rick Rodriguez from Surco, Lima, Peru: This one shook very hard but by the time I sat up in bed it was over. It only lasted a couple of seconds.
Rib from Lima, Peru: Sleeping on second floor of concrete building. Seemed about 20 sec of moderate shaking

Matt P from Lima, Peru (Miraflores): This was an unusual one. It was very strong but very quick.
Elizabeth Gavilan from Lima, Peru: I live in an antisimic building and hardly ever sahkes during an earthquake. However this time happened
Kim from Lima, Peru: loud..boom..i woke up!


UPDATE 05:26 UTC

Weak shaking was felt as far as Barranca


UPDATE

The epicenter is located 25 km far from Chilca. USGS and EMSC mention about 25 minutes after the incident. Got so many Felt Reports, will be updating soon

M 4.8 moderate earthquake (@ 42 km depth) strikes Lima, Peru today with epicenter located just 37 km far from Lima. The epicenter is in the seawater which has somewhat decrease its shaking power
04:42 UTC (local time Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:42 PM at epicenter)
Epicenter Location
37 km  SSE  from LIMA, Peru
145 km NW  from Chincha Alta, Peru
163 km  SSE from Huacho, Peru


Place overview
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area.

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  1. strong shaking!! scary...

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  2. it was Loud, Short but strong!!

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  3. Rattled the windows enough to wake me up. Was very short in duration. Went back to sleep...

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  4. Very loud and strong...weather was weird lately..

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