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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Piura in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Piura in Peru on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.655 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:52:31 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.623 West, latitude -5.0995 South, depth = 64.655 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgmu. Unique identifier: us6000rgmu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 23:52:31 / October 11, 2025 @ 11:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talara, Buenos Aires, Morropón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 11 km (7 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Chulucanas (c. 68 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 10 km N of Piura, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.623° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.0995° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	64.655 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km N of Piura, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-11 23:52:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-12 00:06:15	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.949	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	168	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	us6000rgmu	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rgmu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rgmu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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