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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Pilcuyo in Peru

Posted by admin on July 7, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.9801S, -69.5161WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pilcuyo in Peru. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:30:58 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qb8z. Id of event: us7000qb8z. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 231.118 km (144 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.5161 West, latitude -15.9801 South, depth = 231.118 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/07/25 / 2025-07-07 23:30:58 / July 7, 2025 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Achacachi, Juliaca, Desaguadero. Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Achacachi (c. 8 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km NNE of Pilcuyo, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.5161° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.9801° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 231.118 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NNE of Pilcuyo, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-07 23:30:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-07 23:46:29 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.366 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us7000qb8z Id of event.
Event Code 7000qb8z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qb8z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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