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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 18 km NW of Tablazo Norte, Peru


Earthquake location -5.248S, -80.8657WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Tablazo Norte in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 12:17:18 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 12:17:18 / April 7, 2025 @ 12:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.447 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.8657 West, latitude -5.248 South, depth = 41.447 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q6tf. Event ids that are associated: us6000q6tf.

Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chulucanas (c. 68 800 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talara, Chulucanas, Tambo Grande (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NW of Tablazo Norte, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.8657° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.248° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.447 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km NW of Tablazo Norte, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-07 12:17:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-29 08:19:02 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 284 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.787 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us6000q6tf Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6tf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6tf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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