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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Challapata in Bolivia


Earthquake location -19.5122S, -66.6526WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Challapata in Bolivia. The temblor was detected at 19:42:33 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000ntqk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntqk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 255.258 km (159 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 19:42:33 / September 22, 2024 @ 7:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6526 West, latitude -19.5122 South, depth = 255.258 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Potosí (c. 141 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Potosí, Colchani, Challapata (min 5000 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 68 km S of Challapata, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6526° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.5122° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 255.258 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km S of Challapata, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-22 19:42:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 20:00:22 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 369 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.436 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us6000ntqk Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntqk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntqk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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