A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Palca in Peru. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/25 / 2025-08-21 06:52:54 / August 21, 2025 @ 6:52 am. Exact location of event, depth 155.178 km, -69.533° West, -17.6075° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 155.178 km (96 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:52:54 / 6:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwhd. Unique identifier: us7000qwhd.
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km ENE of Palca, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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