A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/18 / 2018-09-26 01:04:10 / September 26, 2018 @ 1:04 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hk1s. Unique identifier: us2000hk1s. Exact location of earthquake, -74.3468° West, -8.2293° South, depth 162.27 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:04:10 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 162.27 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campoverde, Pucallpa.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NE of Pucallpa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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