A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tocota in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -73.9769° West, -15.5072° South, depth 77.307 km. Unique identifier: us6000px5b. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000px5b. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/25 / 2025-03-06 04:02:23 / March 6, 2025 @ 4:02 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:23 / 4:02 am (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 77.307 km (48 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puquio, Tambo, Coracora (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km NE of Tocota, Peru.
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