A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxil. Id of event: us7000qxil. Exact location of earthquake, -66.6462° West, -21.2838° South, depth 228.019 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 228.019 km (142 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:55:38 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 05:55:38 / September 20, 2025 @ 5:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tupiza, Uyuni (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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