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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Pucallpa in Peru


Earthquake location -8.1543S, -74.5701WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Pucallpa in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n9hb. Unique identifier: us6000n9hb. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/24 / 2024-06-30 20:47:39 / June 30, 2024 @ 8:47 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:47:39 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.767 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.5701 West, latitude -8.1543 South, depth = 132.767 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Pucallpa (c. 310 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Campoverde (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campoverde, Pucallpa (min 5000 pop).

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 one 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km N of Pucallpa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.5701° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.1543° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.767 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km N of Pucallpa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-30 20:47:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-30 21:22:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.458 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n9hb Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9hb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9hb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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