A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Chimbote in Peru. Exact location, longitude -79.2544° West, latitude -9.5148° South, depth = 62.31 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:25:03 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.31 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000pyaa. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyaa. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/25 / 2025-04-25 19:25:03 / April 25, 2025 @ 7:25 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coishco, Chimbote, Puerto Santa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km SW of Chimbote, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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