Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Ilave in Peru

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ilave in Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 217.258 km (135 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/03/25 / 2025-03-27 07:12:09 / March 27, 2025 @ 7:12 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pmzv. Id of event: us7000pmzv. Exact location, longitude -69.7264° West, latitude -16.0863° South, depth = 217.258 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:12:09 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Desaguadero, Juliaca, Putina (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km W of Ilave, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.7264° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-16.0863° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	217.258 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km W of Ilave, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-27 07:12:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-02 07:49:01	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	72	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.546	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	123	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	us7000pmzv	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pmzv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pmzv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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