A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Mazo Cruz in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 01:59:15 / August 1, 2025 @ 1:59 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qx6j. Unique identifier: us6000qx6j. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.0096 West, latitude -16.5744 South, depth = 199.222 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 199.222 km (124 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:59:15 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puno, Juli, Ilave (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 36 km WNW of Mazo Cruz, Peru.

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