A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Villazon in Bolivia. 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 256.06 km (159 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.049° West, -22.3461° South, depth 256.06 km. Unique identifier: us10003vzm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003vzm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 16:41:13 / November 9, 2015 @ 4:41 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:41:13 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa, Villazón, La Quiaca (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 54 km WSW of Villazon, Bolivia.
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