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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Uyuni in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.2657S, -67.2411WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/25 / 2025-07-03 05:41:42 / July 3, 2025 @ 5:41 am. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:41:42 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 182.634 km, -67.2411° West, -21.2657° South. Id of earthquake: us7000qad7. Event ids that are associated: us7000qad7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.634 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uyuni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.2411° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.2657° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 182.634 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-03 05:41:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-03 05:59:08 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 449 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.89 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us7000qad7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qad7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qad7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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