LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
50 km SW of Atiquipa, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 50 km SW of Atiquipa, Peru on 25 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTC. The hypocentre was 26.5 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 1 other earthquake above our reporting threshold has been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 26.5 km
- Latitude
- 16.07°S
- Time
- 07:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.6
shallow
74.75°W longitude
25 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.6
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 250 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 120 tonnes of TNT.
26.5 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
1 earthquake above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.2.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
25 Oct 2026, 09:11 UTC · 133.1 km deep
25 Oct 2026, 08:41 UTC · 10 km deep
25 Oct 2026, 07:45 UTC · 34.7 km deep
25 Oct 2026, 07:45 UTC · 14.5 km deep