A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Locumba in Peru on Monday. Exact location, longitude -70.8583° West, latitude -17.4431° South, depth = 95.543 km. The temblor was reported at 20:07:17 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). 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 95.543 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/25 / 2025-09-15 20:07:17 / September 15, 2025 @ 8:07 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwdf. Unique identifier: us7000qwdf.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). 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 Tacna, Ilo, Pacocha.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km NNW of Locumba, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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