A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Oruro in Bolivia. Exact location, longitude -67.0383° West, latitude -18.034° South, depth = 276.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 276.3 km (172 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 12:12:11 / September 20, 2015 @ 12:12 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m6c. Id of event: us20003m6c. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:12:11 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Capinota, Llallagua, Huanuni. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Oruro (c. 208 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Capinota (c. 5 200 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 13 km ESE of Oruro, Bolivia.
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