A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Tocache in Peru. Unique identifier: us7000qvan. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qvan. The temblor was reported at 18:52:45 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/09/25 / 2025-09-10 18:52:45 / September 10, 2025 @ 6:52 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -75.8666° West, latitude -8.163° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tocache (c. 29 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uchiza, Tocache. Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 72 km E of Tocache, Peru.
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