A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Incuyo in Peru. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 09:36:12 / August 22, 2025 @ 9:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r309. Id of event: us6000r309. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.275 km (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -73.6873° West, -15.3793° South, depth 97.275 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:36:12 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puquio, Tambo, Coracora. Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).
Every 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. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SW of Incuyo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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