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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Huarmey in Peru

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Earthquake location -10.457S, -78.8393WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Huarmey in Peru on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -78.8393° West, -10.457° South, depth 28.861 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rpdp. Event ids that are associated: us6000rpdp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/25 / 2025-10-31 19:03:54 / October 31, 2025 @ 7:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.861 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:03:54 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huarmey. Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Huarmey (c. 16 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km WSW of Huarmey, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.8393° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.457° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.861 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km WSW of Huarmey, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-31 19:03:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-20 23:09:15 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 284 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.48 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us6000rpdp Id of event.
Event Code 6000rpdp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rpdp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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