A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Chimore in Bolivia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 21:36:47 / July 5, 2016 @ 9:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062y1. Id of event: us100062y1. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:36:47 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.3609 West, latitude -16.9173 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punata, Chimoré (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Punata (c. 15 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Chimoré (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 25 km WNW of Chimore, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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