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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Pacaraos in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Pacaraos in Peru on Friday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:18:55 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000pws8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pws8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 21:18:55 / May 2, 2025 @ 9:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.798 km (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.5056 West, latitude -10.9983 South, depth = 101.798 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Miguel de Cauri, Huaral, La Oroya. Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Cerro de Pasco (c. 78 900 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Huaral (c. 62 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Oroya (c. 33 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Chaupimarca (c. 28 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Yanacancha (c. 23 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Junín (c. 15 300 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Carhuamayo (c. 9 100 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.

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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: 25 km NE of Pacaraos, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Carhuamayo Cerro de Pasco Chaupimarca Huaral Junín La Oroya Pacaraos Peru San Miguel de Cauri Yanacancha

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.5056° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-10.9983° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	101.798 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km NE of Pacaraos, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-02 21:18:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-02 22:05:08	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	326	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.037	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us7000pws8	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pws8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pws8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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