A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Totoral in Bolivia. Unique identifier: us20005dlx. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005dlx. The epicenter was at a depth of 240.47 km (149 miles). Exact location of event, depth 240.47 km, -67.2697° West, -18.7687° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/03/16 / 2016-03-31 07:17:19 / March 31, 2016 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:17:19 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oruro, Llallagua, Huanuni. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Oruro (c. 208 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km WSW of Totoral, Bolivia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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