A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tomepampa in Peru. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 15:52:54 / May 3, 2025 @ 3:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 99.185 km (62 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.8176 West, latitude -15.1934 South, depth = 99.185 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:52:54 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us7000pwx5. Id of event: us7000pwx5.

The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 2 km SSE of Tomepampa, Peru.

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