A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Chipispaya in Peru. The temblor was reported at 23:49:16 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.2296° West, latitude -17.4794° South, depth = 120.162 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rt99. Id of event: us6000rt99. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.162 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 23:49:16 / December 7, 2025 @ 11:49 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moquegua, Torata, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NNW of Chipispaya, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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