A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Humay in Peru on Thursday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:50:11 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/25 / 2025-07-03 09:50:11 / July 3, 2025 @ 9:50 am. Id of earthquake: us7000qaea. Event ids that are associated: us7000qaea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.778 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -75.8276 West, latitude -13.6052 South, depth = 64.778 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Vicente de Cañete, Imperial, Nuevo Imperial (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Chincha Alta (c. 153 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nuevo Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Vicente de Cañete (c. 25 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NNE of Humay, Peru.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply