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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Yacuiba in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.953S, -63.8185WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yacuiba in Bolivia on Monday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:18:59 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 04:18:59 / August 3, 2015 @ 4:18 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002xe1. Unique identifier: us10002xe1. Exact location of event, longitude -63.8185 West, latitude -21.953 South, depth = 538.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 538.04 km (334 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Yacuiba (c. 82 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tartagal (c. 60 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from General Enrique Mosconi (c. 19 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Villamontes (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villamontes, General Enrique Mosconi, Tartagal (min 5000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km WNW of Yacuiba, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.8185° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.953° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 538.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km WNW of Yacuiba, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-03 04:18:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-04 01:50:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 259 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.762 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us10002xe1 Id of event.
Event Code 10002xe1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002xe1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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