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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 13 km NE of La Oroya, Peru

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Earthquake location -11.4213S, -75.8242WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from La Oroya in Peru on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.8242 West, latitude -11.4213 South, depth = 97.251 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 13:18:38 / November 20, 2025 @ 1:18 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.251 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:18:38 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rpc4. Id of event: us6000rpc4.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cerro de Pasco, Pilcomay, Chupaca. Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Cerro de Pasco (c. 78 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Tarma (c. 51 400 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from La Oroya (c. 33 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Jauja (c. 21 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Junín (c. 15 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Concepción (c. 11 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NE of La Oroya, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.8242° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.4213° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.251 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km NE of La Oroya, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-20 13:18:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-20 13:52:06 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.145 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us6000rpc4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rpc4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rpc4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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