A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/25 / 2025-02-13 15:04:07 / February 13, 2025 @ 3:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.2785 West, latitude -15.654 South, depth = 58.926 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pddt. Id of event: us7000pddt. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:04:07 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.926 km (37 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coracora (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km NNE of Atiquipa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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