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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Caracoto in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Caracoto in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/02/25 / 2025-02-07 07:24:41 / February 7, 2025 @ 7:24 am. Exact location of earthquake, -70.1897° West, -15.5994° South, depth 214.006 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 214.006 km (133 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:24:41 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pc27. Id of event: us7000pc27.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayaviri, Putina, Hacienda Huancane (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km WSW of Caracoto, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.1897° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.5994° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	214.006 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km WSW of Caracoto, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-07 07:24:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-07 07:39:56	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	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.096	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	142	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	us7000pc27	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pc27	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pc27,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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