A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dwe2. Unique identifier: us1000dwe2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/18 / 2018-05-03 01:38:55 / May 3, 2018 @ 1:38 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.09 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:38:55 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -74.4669° West, latitude -8.9282° South, depth = 182.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campoverde, Pucallpa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 61 km S of Pucallpa, Peru.
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