A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -73.8651° West, latitude -8.0728° South, depth = 183.28 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/19 / 2019-04-20 07:40:07 / April 20, 2019 @ 7:40 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 183.28 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:07 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70003e36. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003e36.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pucallpa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 83 km ENE of Pucallpa, Peru.
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