A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Yurimaguas in Peru. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/04/25 / 2025-04-21 22:23:17 / April 21, 2025 @ 10:23 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:23:17 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pu39. Event ids that are associated: us7000pu39. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -76.2288 West, latitude -5.4347 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Lagunas (c. 9 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Barranca (c. 5 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barranca, Lagunas, Yurimaguas (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days three 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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