A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Villazón in Bolivia on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 11/11/20 / 2020-11-11 03:27:16 / November 11, 2020 @ 3:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.1015 West, latitude -22.0585 South, depth = 272.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000cd7y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cd7y. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 272.3 km (169 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:27:16 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa, Tupiza, La Quiaca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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 W of Villazón, Bolivia.
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