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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Atocha in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.1988S, -66.8096WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia on Thursday. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:31:52 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8096 West, latitude -21.1988 South, depth = 199.138 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 01:31:52 / August 8, 2024 @ 1:31 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nirz. Id of event: us6000nirz. The epicenter was at a depth of 199.138 km (124 miles).

Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colchani, Uyuni (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8096° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.1988° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.138 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-08 01:31:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-08 01:49:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 400 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 96 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.158 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nirz Id of event.
Event Code 6000nirz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nirz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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