A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Puerto Santa in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:46:17 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 06:46:17 / July 15, 2025 @ 6:46 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvp5. Id of event: us6000qvp5. Exact location of event, depth 56.381 km, -79.3322° West, -8.8999° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.381 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Virú (c. 20 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo, Moche, Chimbote.

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

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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. 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: 75 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru.

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