A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia on Monday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:04:36 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.0735° West, -21.0367° South, depth 267.61 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20006793. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006793. The epicenter was at a depth of 267.61 km (166 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 17:04:36 / June 27, 2016 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni.
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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