Moderate yet deep magnitude 5.0 quake hits 53 km northeast of Pucallpa, Peru early morning
5.0 quake Peru-Brazil Border Region Jul 19, 2023 5:12 am (GMT -5)

Just 27 minutes ago, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Pucallpa, Provincia de Coronel Portillo, Ucayali, Peru. The tremor was recorded early morning on Wednesday, July 19th, 2023, at 5:12 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 137.6 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.0 as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.7.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include San Marcos (pop. 61) located 38 km from the epicenter, Belgica (pop. 220) 41 km away, Pucallpa (pop. 310,800) 53 km away, San Fernando (pop. 67,800) 54 km away, Campo Verde (pop. 8,900) 79 km away, Campoverde (pop. 8,900) 79 km away, and Contamana (pop. 13,900) 105 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 19, 2023 5:12 am (GMT -5) local time (19 Jul 2023 10:12 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 137.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.97°S / 74.31°W (Peru)
Primary data source: USGS
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