A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Chipispaya in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxps. Unique identifier: us7000qxps. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 139.676 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:12:34 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 15:12:34 / September 21, 2025 @ 3:12 pm. Exact location, longitude -70.2097° West, latitude -17.5321° South, depth = 139.676 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moquegua, Torata, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SSE of Chipispaya, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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