A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Campoverde in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.38 km (82 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005ygb. Unique identifier: us20005ygb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.9269 West, latitude -8.4499 South, depth = 132.38 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 10:00:49 / May 27, 2016 @ 10:00 am. The temblor was detected at 05:00:49 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pucallpa, Campoverde (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km WNW of Campoverde, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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