A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from San Juan in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.024 km (20 miles). Event id: us6000rc51. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rc51. Exact location of event, depth 32.024 km, -75.0318° West, -15.6449° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 18:46:41 / September 22, 2025 @ 6:46 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:46:41 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nazca, Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 33 km SSE of San Juan, Peru.
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