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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Iray in Peru

Posted by admin on October 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.9189S, -72.7661WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Iray in Peru. Id of earthquake: us6000rijy. Event ids that are associated: us6000rijy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 22:57:04 / October 21, 2025 @ 10:57 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:57:04 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). 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). Exact location, longitude -72.7661° West, latitude -15.9189° South, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa, Lluta, Camaná (min 5000 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 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: 16 km WSW of Iray, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.7661° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.9189° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km WSW of Iray, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-21 22:57:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-22 00:45:40 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 312 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.364 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us6000rijy Id of event.
Event Code 6000rijy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rijy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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