A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Iray in Peru on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.5659 West, latitude -15.8782 South, depth = 92.165 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92.165 km (57 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:47:02 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1vl. Unique identifier: us6000r1vl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/25 / 2025-08-18 12:47:02 / August 18, 2025 @ 12:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camaná, Orcopampa, Lluta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km ESE of Iray, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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