A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Potolo in Bolivia. Exact location, longitude -65.9286° West, latitude -19.0973° South, depth = 289.69 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 21:30:18 / September 4, 2015 @ 9:30 pm. Event id: us20003k0w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003k0w. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:30:18 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 289.69 km (180 miles).
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Sucre (c. 224 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Potosí (c. 141 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Challapata, Sucre, Potosí (min 5000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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