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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Cañaveral in Peru


Earthquake location -3.946S, -80.7902WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Cañaveral in Peru on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 01:29:58 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 01:29:58 / May 11, 2025 @ 1:29 am. Event id: us7000pyhr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyhr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.7902 West, latitude -3.946 South, depth = 39.796 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.796 km (25 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from La Breita (c. 17 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Zarumilla (c. 16 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Zorritos (c. 12 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 9 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Lomas, Celica, Talara.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km W of Cañaveral, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.7902° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.946° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.796 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km W of Cañaveral, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-11 01:29:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-11 01:47:46 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 340 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.122 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us7000pyhr Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyhr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyhr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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