A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ilabaya in Peru. The epicenter was at a depth of 91.623 km (57 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:28:28 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 01:28:28 / April 5, 2025 @ 1:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.5403 West, latitude -17.4904 South, depth = 91.623 km. Id of earthquake: us6000q465. Event ids that are associated: us6000q465.
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilo, Pacocha, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km SSW of Ilabaya, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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