A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru on Friday. The temblor was detected at 01:42:54 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -74.2439° West, latitude -8.4697° South, depth = 164.56 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/18 / 2018-09-14 06:42:54 / September 14, 2018 @ 6:42 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hehr. Unique identifier: us2000hehr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 164.56 km (102 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campoverde, Pucallpa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km ESE of Pucallpa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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