Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 71 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia (44 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:25:36 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7259 West, latitude -21.379 South, depth = 220.735 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 220.735 km (137 miles). Event id: us6000qudg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qudg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/25 / 2025-07-23 15:25:36 / July 23, 2025 @ 3:25 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.7259° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-21.379° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	220.735 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71 km SW 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	2025-07-23 15:25:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-23 15:41:13	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	340	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	106	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.065	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.35 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	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000qudg	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qudg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qudg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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