A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8692 West, latitude -21.0276 South, depth = 258.44 km. The temblor was reported at 14:14:56 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 18:14:56 / December 4, 2016 @ 6:14 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 258.44 km (161 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007eu4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007eu4.
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colchani, Uyuni (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km S of Uyuni, Bolivia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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