A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 178.808 km (111 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000qxr4. Event ids that are associated: us6000qxr4. Global time and date of event 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 21:34:03 / August 2, 2025 @ 9:34 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:34:03 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4787 West, latitude -20.8532 South, depth = 178.808 km.
Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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. 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: 80 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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