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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Papayal in Peru

Posted by admin on May 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -4.0164S, -80.8754WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Papayal in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 02:07:08 / May 11, 2025 @ 2:07 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -80.8754 West, latitude -4.0164 South, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pyhv. Event ids that are associated: us7000pyhv. The temblor was reported at 02:07:08 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Lomas, Marcavelica, Salitral. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Marcavelica (c. 25 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Querecotillo (c. 25 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Breita (c. 17 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Zarumilla (c. 16 900 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km WNW of Papayal, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.8754° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.0164° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km WNW of Papayal, 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 02:07:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-11 02:25:12 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.232 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us7000pyhv Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyhv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyhv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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