A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Mollendo in Peru. The temblor was detected at 20:56:59 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 133.309 km, -71.8889° West, -16.9023° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/25 / 2025-09-16 20:56:59 / September 16, 2025 @ 8:56 pm. 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 133.309 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000qwkb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwkb.

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yura, Arequipa, Punta de Bombón (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven 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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