A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Uchiza in Peru. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rief. Unique identifier: us6000rief. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:24:10 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 05:24:10 / October 21, 2025 @ 5:24 am. Exact location of event, longitude -76.1541 West, latitude -8.6492 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tingo María, Tocache, Uchiza (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tocache (c. 29 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 40 km ESE of Uchiza, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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