A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Végueta in Peru on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -78.0904 West, latitude -11.0998 South, depth = 37.994 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 00:35:16 / December 27, 2025 @ 12:35 am. The temblor was detected at 00:35:16 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000rkzg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rkzg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.994 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Huacho (c. 54 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Barranca (c. 46 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Paramonga (c. 27 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hualmay (c. 26 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Huaura (c. 20 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Supe (c. 13 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Pativilca (c. 13 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sayán, Paramonga, Pativilca.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km W of Végueta, Peru.
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