A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tocota in Peru on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -74.0484 West, latitude -15.5642 South, depth = 69.528 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:30:14 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q7ab. Unique identifier: us6000q7ab. The epicenter was at a depth of 69.528 km (43 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/25 / 2025-04-19 23:30:14 / April 19, 2025 @ 11:30 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tambo, Coracora. Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km NNE of Tocota, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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