A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru. Global time and date of event 21/04/18 / 2018-04-21 09:16:00 / April 21, 2018 @ 9:16 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:16:00 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dpsm. Unique identifier: us1000dpsm. Exact location of event, longitude -74.4323 West, latitude -8.9252 South, depth = 157.67 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 157.67 km (98 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campoverde, Pucallpa (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 61 km SSE of Pucallpa, Peru.
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