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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 62 km SW of Huanchaquito Alto, Peru


Earthquake location -8.5182S, -79.4685WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Huanchaquito Alto in Peru. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:42:13 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.623 km (28 miles). Exact location, longitude -79.4685° West, latitude -8.5182° South, depth = 44.623 km. Unique identifier: us6000rmfv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rmfv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/25 / 2025-11-09 13:42:13 / November 9, 2025 @ 1:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chocope (c. 32 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Laredo (c. 24 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santiago de Cao (c. 22 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Paiján (c. 21 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Virú (c. 20 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ascope, Paiján, Chocope.

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

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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: 62 km SW of Huanchaquito Alto, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.4685° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.5182° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.623 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km SW of Huanchaquito Alto, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-09 13:42:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-09 14:06:07 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 354 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.309 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 139 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 us6000rmfv Id of event.
Event Code 6000rmfv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rmfv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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