A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Challapata in Bolivia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:02:25 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.2702° West, -19.2457° South, depth 231.39 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000byrc. Id of event: us1000byrc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 231.39 km (144 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/01/18 / 2018-01-01 10:02:25 / January 1, 2018 @ 10:02 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Challapata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km SW of Challapata, Bolivia.
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