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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Mariposa in Peru


Earthquake location -11.3691S, -74.7642WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mariposa in Peru on Wednesday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:11:21 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/25 / 2025-01-29 04:11:21 / January 29, 2025 @ 4:11 am. Exact location of event, longitude -74.7642 West, latitude -11.3691 South, depth = 97.777 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.777 km (61 miles). Event id: us7000p9rj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9rj.

Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Huancayo (c. 376 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Tarma (c. 51 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Jauja (c. 21 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Concepción (c. 11 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Chupaca (c. 9 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tarma, Huayucachi, Huasahuasi.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km NNW of Mariposa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.7642° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.3691° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.777 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NNW of Mariposa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-29 04:11:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-29 04:26:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 354 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.126 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000p9rj Id of event.
Event Code 7000p9rj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p9rj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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