A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Matapalo in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -80.0204° West, -3.6359° South, depth 69.382 km. Unique identifier: us7000pb6s. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pb6s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:45:13 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 07:45:13 / February 4, 2025 @ 7:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.382 km (43 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 41 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Catamayo (c. 18 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Piñas (c. 17 000 pop). Close country/countries, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Papayal, Cariamanga, Baláo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km ENE of Matapalo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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