A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20006ets. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006ets. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:27:04 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 160.32 km (100 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/16 / 2016-07-15 01:27:04 / July 15, 2016 @ 1:27 am. Exact location, longitude -74.4019° West, latitude -8.0505° South, depth = 160.32 km.
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campoverde, Pucallpa.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km NNE of Pucallpa, Peru.
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