A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Campoverde in Peru. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 00:30:37 / January 3, 2018 @ 12:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000bz70. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bz70. The temblor was reported at 19:30:37 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 150.58 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 150.58 km, -74.7791° West, -8.4438° South.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pucallpa, Campoverde (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 5 km (3 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 one, in the last 10 days one, 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. 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: 4 km NE of Campoverde, Peru.
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