A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Campoverde in Peru on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 18:16:44 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 116.48 km, -74.7598° West, -8.776° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/16 / 2016-04-22 23:16:44 / April 22, 2016 @ 11:16 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005ddm. Unique identifier: us10005ddm. The epicenter was at a depth of 116.48 km (72 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pucallpa, Campoverde. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km S of Campoverde, Peru.
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