A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Santa Lucía in Peru. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 02:45:44 / September 22, 2025 @ 2:45 am. The temblor was reported at 02:45:44 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 197.751 km (123 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.5599 West, latitude -15.4776 South, depth = 197.751 km. Unique identifier: us7000qxrp. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxrp.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Azángaro, Puno, Ayaviri (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km NNE of Santa Lucía, Peru.

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