A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Changuillo in Peru on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -75.4558° West, latitude -14.7014° South, depth = 56.703 km. 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 56.703 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:32:53 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qbfs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbfs. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 21:32:53 / July 8, 2025 @ 9:32 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Subtanjalla, San Juan Bautista, Ica (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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