A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from El Algarrobal in Peru. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.819 km (46 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qcrx. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qcrx. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:07:33 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2646 West, latitude -17.3659 South, depth = 74.819 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 10:07:33 / July 15, 2025 @ 10:07 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mollendo, Ilabaya, Cocachacra (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.
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