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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Pampachiri in Peru


Earthquake location -14.5097S, -73.6093WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pampachiri in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.6093 West, latitude -14.5097 South, depth = 88.454 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 13:44:49 / September 26, 2025 @ 1:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 88.454 km (55 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:44:49 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhvl. Unique identifier: us6000rhvl.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coracora, Puquio, Tambo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km S of Pampachiri, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.6093° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.5097° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88.454 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km S of Pampachiri, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-26 13:44:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-25 12:49:47 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.024 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us6000rhvl Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhvl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhvl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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