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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Changuillo in Peru


Earthquake location -14.7014S, -75.4558WA 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km W of Changuillo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.4558° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.7014° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.703 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km W of Changuillo, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-08 21:32:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-09 01:18:56 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 298 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.016 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000qbfs Id of event.
Event Code 7000qbfs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qbfs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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