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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Villa Yapacani in Bolivia


Earthquake location -17.5702S, -64.1261WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Villa Yapacani in Bolivia. Exact location of event, longitude -64.1261 West, latitude -17.5702 South, depth = 36.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:59:34 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 04:59:34 / October 6, 2017 @ 4:59 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.33 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000b1u8. Event ids that are associated: us2000b1u8.

Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Montero (c. 88 600 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Villa Yapacaní (c. 18 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santiago del Torno (c. 15 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Portachuelo (c. 11 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from La Bélgica (c. 5 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Rosa del Sara (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Bélgica, Montero, Santiago del Torno. Nearby country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km WSW of Villa Yapacani, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.1261° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.5702° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km WSW of Villa Yapacani, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-06 04:59:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-06 12:13:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 326 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 4.039 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us2000b1u8 Id of event.
Event Code 2000b1u8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000b1u8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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