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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Poopó in Bolivia


Earthquake location -18.7067S, -67.33WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Poopó in Bolivia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 264.309 km (164 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 09:45:30 / May 19, 2025 @ 9:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.33° West, latitude -18.7067° South, depth = 264.309 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q04n. Unique identifier: us7000q04n. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:45:30 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Oruro (c. 208 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llallagua, Oruro, Huanuni (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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 52 km SW of Poopó, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.33° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.7067° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 264.309 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SW of Poopó, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-19 09:45:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-19 12:55:22 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 284 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.005 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q04n Id of event.
Event Code 7000q04n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q04n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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