A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Puerto Santa in Peru. Id of earthquake: us7000q0sn. Event ids that are associated: us7000q0sn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 11:13:13 / May 22, 2025 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -79.1583° West, -9.1035° South, depth 62.531 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.531 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:13:13 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Virú (c. 20 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Virú, Chimbote, Coishco (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 57 km WSW of Puerto Santa, Peru.
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