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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Putina in Peru


Earthquake location -15.6964S, -69.4307WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Putina in Peru on Monday. Global time and date of event 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 16:34:08 / February 17, 2025 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 255.919 km (159 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -69.4307° West, -15.6964° South, depth 255.919 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:34:08 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pe99. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe99.

Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Achacachi (c. 8 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Achacachi, San Pedro, Juliaca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km S of Putina, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.4307° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.6964° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 255.919 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km S of Putina, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-17 16:34:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-17 16:58:52 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 340 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 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.799 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us7000pe99 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe99 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe99, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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