Heure Actuelle à João Câmara, Brésil — America/Fortaleza.

The 1986 João Câmara earthquake struck on 30 November 1986 at 02:19 Brasília Time with a moment magnitude of 5.1 near the town of João Câmara, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The event was felt over a large area of northeastern Brazil, including the cities of Natal and Mossoró. It took place in a more seismically active part of Brazil, where deformation of land at the Brasiliano orogeny between the São Francisco and São Luís cratons formed a series of fault zones in between 1 billion to 538.8 million years ago. The 1986 João Câmara earthquake occurred on one of these fault zones while accompanied by a lengthy series of earthquakes which consisted more than 1,000 recorded events. This mainshock was preceded by a series of foreshocks that began in August and was followed by a series of aftershocks which continued until 1990. Widespread damage to buildings at João Câmara occurred and thousands of people were displaced. The earthquake is widely remembered as one of the most significant events in Brazil's history.

From João Câmara the nearest of our reference hubs are São Paulo (~2,314 km), New York (~6,448 km), London (~7,192 km), while Tokyo sits about 16,632 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.

João Câmara sits inside Brésil — the South America subregion, capital Brasília, languages Portuguese, currency BRL (R$).

São Paulo do Potengi (40 km), Ceará-Mirim (45 km), Touros (55 km), Extremoz (60 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around João Câmara — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.

Upcoming country holiday signals around João Câmara: Labour Day, Corpus Christi, Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Brésil.

Closest curated airport references from João Câmara: REC Recife (305 km), FOR Fortaleza (359 km), MCZ Maceió (442 km).