A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Perené in Peru on Wednesday. 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: us7000pmqa. Unique identifier: us7000pmqa. The temblor was detected at 10:06:36 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -75.0735° West, latitude -11.0882° South, depth = 105.22 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 10:06:36 / March 26, 2025 @ 10:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.22 km (65 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tarma (c. 51 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Jauja (c. 21 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jauja, Acolla, San Pedro de Cajas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 22 km SE of Perené, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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