A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Charagua in Bolivia on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/16 / 2016-06-03 20:17:05 / June 3, 2016 @ 8:17 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:17:05 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200061vr. Id of event: us200061vr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.1933 West, latitude -19.9577 South, depth = 590.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 590.01 km (367 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Camiri (c. 28 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monteagudo (c. 8 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monteagudo, Camiri. Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km S of Charagua, Bolivia.
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