A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Contamana in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 20:11:55 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 01:11:55 / December 7, 2018 @ 1:11 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 159.5 km (99 miles). Unique identifier: us1000i3wf. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i3wf. Exact location of event, depth 159.5 km, -74.6482° West, -7.7186° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campoverde, Pucallpa, Contamana. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Contamana (c. 13 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km SE of Contamana, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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