A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Papayal in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.32 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 05:16:50 / May 11, 2025 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.8787 West, latitude -3.9711 South, depth = 36.32 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:16:50 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pyii. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyii.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huaquillas, Aguas Verdes, Zarumilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Tumbes (c. 109 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Huaquillas (c. 39 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Breita (c. 17 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Zarumilla (c. 16 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Zorritos (c. 12 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from El Alto (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km NW of Papayal, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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