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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Papayal in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Papayal in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.371 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:06:50 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35.371 km, -80.8121° West, -3.9516° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 01:06:50 / February 22, 2025 @ 1:06 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pfdh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfdh.

Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from La Breita (c. 17 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Zarumilla (c. 16 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Zorritos (c. 12 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talara, Huaquillas, Aguas Verdes.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 16 km NNW of Papayal, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.8121° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-3.9516° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35.371 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km NNW of Papayal, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-22 01:06:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-22 05:12:40	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	298	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.142	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	159	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	us7000pfdh	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pfdh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pfdh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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