A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Camaná in Peru on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4q0. Unique identifier: us6000q4q0. The temblor was detected at 08:43:28 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.846 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 08:43:28 / April 8, 2025 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -72.7187° West, latitude -16.9877° South, depth = 65.846 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mollendo, Camaná.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 40 km S of Camaná, Peru.
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