A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sechura in Peru on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/04/25 / 2025-04-09 07:40:43 / April 9, 2025 @ 7:40 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.075 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4vu. Unique identifier: us6000q4vu. Exact location, longitude -81.3068° West, latitude -5.9103° South, depth = 26.075 km. The temblor was reported at 07:40:43 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Unión (c. 34 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sechura (c. 23 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vice (c. 12 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bernal (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paita, La Unión, Bernal (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 66 km SW of Sechura, Peru.
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