A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from El Pedregal in Peru. Id of earthquake: us7000pmq3. Event ids that are associated: us7000pmq3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108.15 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.3827° West, latitude -16.4135° South, depth = 108.15 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 09:29:38 / March 26, 2025 @ 9:29 am. The temblor was reported at 09:29:38 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arequipa, Mollendo, Yura. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km WSW of El Pedregal, Peru.
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