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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 33 km SSE of San Juan, Peru


Earthquake location -15.6449S, -75.0318WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.0318° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.6449° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.024 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km SSE of San Juan, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-22 18:46:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-22 19:11:44 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 400 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000rc51 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rc51 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rc51, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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