A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Comarapa in Bolivia. The temblor was picked up at 13:11:59 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005z5f. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005z5f. Global time and date of event 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 17:11:59 / June 26, 2016 @ 5:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.65 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.5939° West, latitude -17.676° South, depth = 35.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Yapacaní, Aiquile, Mizque (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Mizque (c. 30 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Villa Yapacaní (c. 18 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Aiquile (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
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