A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ayahuay in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rk7g. Unique identifier: us6000rk7g. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87.557 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:52:49 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.9983 West, latitude -14.0948 South, depth = 87.557 km. Global time and date of event 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 20:52:49 / October 7, 2025 @ 8:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Talavera (c. 7 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 5 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talavera, Andahuaylas, San Jerónimo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 14 km NNE of Ayahuay, Peru.
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