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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Locumba in Peru


Earthquake location -17.7155S, -70.825WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Locumba in Peru on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 94.932 km, -70.825° West, -17.7155° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 16:35:04 / January 12, 2025 @ 4:35 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94.932 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us6000pjkd. Id of event: us6000pjkd. The temblor was detected at 16:35:04 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Torata, Tacna, Moquegua. The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSW of Locumba, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.825° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.7155° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.932 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SSW of Locumba, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-12 16:35:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-12 17:14:39 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.798 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000pjkd Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjkd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pjkd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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