A 6.5-strong earthquake was measured at 18.31 (6.31 pm) in Western Brazil close to Ipxuna and Cruzeiro do Sul, 123 km NW of Tarauaca, Brazil.
Tarauacáis a municipality located northwest of the Brazilian state of Acre . Tarauacá has a population of 43,151 people and has an area of 20,171 square kilometers (7,788 sq mi).
I pixuna is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 30,436 (2020) and its area is 13,566 km².
Cruzeiro do Sul is a municipality located on the Juruá river west of the Brazilian state of Acre. It is the second-largest city in Acre, and not too far from the border to Peru.
The earthquake center is in a remote part of the Amazonas and not expected to have devastating effects.
The depth of the quake is 592 km.
A 2018 7.1 earthquake in the same region did not cause much damages.
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