A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Sacsamarca in Peru. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/25 / 2025-10-23 04:54:33 / October 23, 2025 @ 4:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.417 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:54:33 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rmzr. Unique identifier: us6000rmzr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.3402 West, latitude -13.9891 South, depth = 109.417 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayacucho, Puquio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSW of Sacsamarca, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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