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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 61 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.3406S, -66.623WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000quzw. Unique identifier: us7000quzw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/25 / 2025-09-09 13:03:27 / September 9, 2025 @ 1:03 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 208.929 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:03:27 / 1:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 208.929 km, -66.623° West, -21.3406° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uyuni, Tupiza (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 61 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.623° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.3406° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 208.929 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 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 2025-09-09 13:03:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-09 14:13:14 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 369 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 175 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us7000quzw Id of event.
Event Code 7000quzw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000quzw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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