A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 164.87 km (102 miles). Event id: us20003m0u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m0u. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 22:17:07 / September 19, 2015 @ 10:17 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -74.3135 West, latitude -8.2625 South, depth = 164.87 km. The temblor was detected at 17:17:07 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campoverde, Pucallpa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km ENE of Pucallpa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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