A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Changuillo in Peru. Global time and date of event 28/05/25 / 2025-05-28 16:44:52 / May 28, 2025 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -75.9119° West, latitude -14.966° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qjum. Id of event: us6000qjum. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:44:52 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Palpa (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palpa, Minas de Marcona, Santiago. Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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: 81 km WSW of Changuillo, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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