Just 19 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Huacho, Huaura Province, Lima region, Peru. The tremor was recorded early evening on Friday, December 26th, 2025, at 7:35 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 78. km below the surface.The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.5.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Vegueta (pop. 6,200) located 5 km from the epicenter, Huaura (pop. 20,700) 12 km away, Huaura (pop. 20,700) 12 km away, Hualmay (pop. 26,700) 13 km away, Huacho (pop. 54,500) 16 km away, and Barranca (pop. 46,300) 29 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Paramonga (pop. 27,600) located 40 km from the epicenter, and Huaral (pop. 62,200) 75 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Dec 26, 2025 07:35 pm (Lima time) local time (27 Dec 2025 00:35 GMT)Magnitude: 4.7Depth: 78.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 10.99°S / 77.67°W (Lima region, Peru)Primary data source: GFZ