A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Pacocha in Peru. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:49:27 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.823 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 22:49:27 / August 19, 2025 @ 10:49 pm. Unique identifier: us6000r27f. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r27f. Exact location of event, depth 57.823 km, -71.3676° West, -18.3098° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pacocha, Ilo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 73 km S of Pacocha, Peru.
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