A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia on Sunday. Unique identifier: us6000qke5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qke5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7215 West, latitude -20.8872 South, depth = 218.352 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 218.352 km (136 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 15/06/25 / 2025-06-15 05:42:39 / June 15, 2025 @ 5:42 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:42:39 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colchani, Uyuni. Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 48 km SSE of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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