A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Mazo Cruz in Peru on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 09:34:45 / August 9, 2025 @ 9:34 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 165.41 km (103 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:34:45 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.4697° West, latitude -17.2273° South, depth = 165.41 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzg1. Unique identifier: us6000qzg1.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Desaguadero. Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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