A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/25 / 2025-09-24 17:35:59 / September 24, 2025 @ 5:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 226.641 km (141 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000rcm3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rcm3. Exact location of event, longitude -66.4828 West, latitude -21.5553 South, depth = 226.641 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:35:59 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tupiza. Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 73 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia.
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