A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia. Exact location of event, depth 237.48 km, -66.6078° West, -20.9962° South. The temblor was picked up at 23:38:01 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200062zk. Ids that are associated to the event: us200062zk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/16 / 2016-06-09 03:38:01 / June 9, 2016 @ 3:38 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 237.48 km (148 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (53 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km W of Atocha, Bolivia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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