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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Tingo María in Peru


Earthquake location -9.4454S, -76.1426WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Tingo María in Peru on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -76.1426° West, -9.4454° South, depth 115.925 km. Id of earthquake: us6000q77r. Event ids that are associated: us6000q77r. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:56:15 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 115.925 km (72 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/04/25 / 2025-04-19 11:56:15 / April 19, 2025 @ 11:56 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yanacancha, San Miguel de Cauri, Ambo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Huánuco (c. 148 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Yanacancha (c. 23 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ambo (c. 6 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Miguel de Cauri (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 23 km SW of Tingo María, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.1426° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.4454° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.925 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SW of Tingo María, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-19 11:56:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-19 12:12:38 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 416 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.618 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us6000q77r Id of event.
Event Code 6000q77r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q77r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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