Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 22 km W of Atiquipa, Peru

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. The temblor was reported at 06:04:05 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 06:04:05 / February 17, 2025 @ 6:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, -74.5712° West, -15.809° South, depth 37.251 km. Unique identifier: us6000pve0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pve0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.251 km (23 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Minas de Marcona. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 22 km W of Atiquipa, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-74.5712° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.809° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.251 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 km W of Atiquipa, 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 06:04:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-12 23:09:14	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	284	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.392	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 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	us6000pve0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pve0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pve0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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