A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -74.2437° West, latitude -8.4896° South, depth = 159.81 km. Id of earthquake: us200064l2. Event ids that are associated: us200064l2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 159.81 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:23:12 / 1:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 18:23:12 / June 15, 2016 @ 6:23 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campoverde, Pucallpa. The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 36 km ESE of Pucallpa, Peru.
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