A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Colchani in Bolivia on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 196.01 km (122 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006d5z. Unique identifier: us70006d5z. Exact location, longitude -67.3983° West, latitude -20.4916° South, depth = 196.01 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 12:23:28 / November 26, 2019 @ 12:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:23:28 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uyuni, Colchani.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen 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.
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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. 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: 52 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia.
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