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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 6 km E of Umachiri, Peru

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Earthquake location -14.8495S, -70.6926WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Umachiri in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qvyu. Unique identifier: us6000qvyu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 199.908 km (124 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 13:52:18 / July 16, 2025 @ 1:52 pm. Exact location of event, depth 199.908 km, -70.6926° West, -14.8495° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:52:18 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Sicuani (c. 33 600 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Macusani (c. 6 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Macusani, Sicuani, Azángaro (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km E of Umachiri, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.8495° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.908 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km E of Umachiri, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-16 13:52:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-12 04:28:42 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 284 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.853 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us6000qvyu Id of event.
Event Code 6000qvyu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qvyu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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