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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Juliaca in Peru

Posted by admin on September 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.4346S, -70.2364WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Juliaca in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 17:21:48 / September 21, 2025 @ 5:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000qxq5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxq5. The temblor was picked up at 17:21:48 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 216.418 km (134 miles). Exact location, longitude -70.2364° West, latitude -15.4346° South, depth = 216.418 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilave, Putina, Hacienda Huancane. The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. 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 thirteen 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. 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: 13 km WNW of Juliaca, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2364° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.4346° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 216.418 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km WNW of Juliaca, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-21 17:21:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-21 18:03:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.197 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qxq5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qxq5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qxq5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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