A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 09:04:42 / February 10, 2016 @ 9:04 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004z91. Id of event: us20004z91. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:04:42 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.3389° West, latitude -21.0111° South, depth = 182.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.51 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni. Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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