A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Huayllati in Peru. The temblor was detected at 07:59:38 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 101.337 km (63 miles). Global time and date of event 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 07:59:38 / August 7, 2025 @ 7:59 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000qyta. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qyta. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.5574 West, latitude -13.9845 South, depth = 101.337 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Urubamba, Cusco, Anta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Cusco (c. 312 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Urubamba (c. 7 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Anta (c. 5 900 pop).
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. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SW of Huayllati, Peru.
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