A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Juan in Peru. Id of earthquake: us6000rcez. Event ids that are associated: us6000rcez. The temblor was reported at 21:05:27 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.4479 West, latitude -15.9934 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 21:05:27 / September 23, 2025 @ 9:05 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona.
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km SSW of San Juan, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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