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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Jorochito in Bolivia

Posted by admin on December 21, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.0826S, -63.4037WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Jorochito in Bolivia on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:21:05 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 16:21:05 / December 21, 2015 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us100048lt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048lt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.4037 West, latitude -18.0826 South, depth = 39 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Yapacaní, Vallegrande, Pailón. The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Santa Cruz de la Sierra (c. 1 364 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Montero (c. 88 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Warnes (c. 22 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cotoca (c. 18 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Villa Yapacaní (c. 18 200 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Santiago del Torno (c. 15 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Portachuelo (c. 11 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SE of Jorochito, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.4037° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.0826° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SE of Jorochito, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-21 16:21:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-21 19:52:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 369 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.854 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us100048lt Id of event.
Event Code 100048lt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100048lt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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