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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Puerto Santa in Peru

Posted by admin on December 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.0011S, -79.1085WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Puerto Santa in Peru on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 23:19:54 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 54.684 km (34 miles). Global time and date of event 28/12/25 / 2025-12-28 23:19:54 / December 28, 2025 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rl9j. Id of event: us7000rl9j. Exact location of event, depth 54.684 km, -79.1085° West, -9.0011° South.

Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Laredo (c. 24 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Virú (c. 20 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laredo, Trujillo, Moche.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.1085° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.0011° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.684 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-28 23:19:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-28 23:39:17 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 385 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.711 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000rl9j Id of event.
Event Code 7000rl9j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rl9j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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