A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Campoverde in Peru on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/02/19 / 2019-02-22 12:31:39 / February 22, 2019 @ 12:31 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jlkg. Unique identifier: us2000jlkg. The temblor was reported at 07:31:39 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.83 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -75.1354 West, latitude -8.4473 South, depth = 123.83 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pucallpa, Campoverde (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km W of Campoverde, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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