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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 23 km WSW of Callao, Peru

Posted by admin on June 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.1473S, -77.3152WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Callao in Peru on Sunday. 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 53.485 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000qkg7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkg7. The temblor was picked up at 16:35:30 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/25 / 2025-06-15 16:35:30 / June 15, 2025 @ 4:35 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -77.3152 West, latitude -12.1473 South, depth = 53.485 km.

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sayán, Mala, Santa Eulalia. The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Lima (c. 7 737 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Callao (c. 813 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Surco (c. 251 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Chosica (c. 88 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Isidro (c. 68 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Huaral (c. 62 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chancay (c. 27 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mala (c. 17 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 23 km WSW of Callao, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.3152° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.1473° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.485 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km WSW of Callao, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-15 16:35:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-15 16:53:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.8 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 487 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.489 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qkg7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qkg7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qkg7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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