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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Challapata in Bolivia


Earthquake location -19.459S, -66.7833WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Challapata in Bolivia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 259.049 km (161 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:14:26 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/25 / 2025-09-10 00:14:26 / September 10, 2025 @ 12:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7833 West, latitude -19.459 South, depth = 259.049 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qv5m. Unique identifier: us7000qv5m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Challapata (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km S of Challapata, Bolivia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7833° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.459° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 259.049 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km S of Challapata, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-10 00:14:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-10 04:17:09 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 284 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us7000qv5m Id of event.
Event Code 7000qv5m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qv5m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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