A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Chimore in Bolivia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -65.3886° West, -17.0303° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us100062xv. Unique identifier: us100062xv. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:25:10 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 21:25:10 / July 5, 2016 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tarata, Cochabamba, Cliza (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Cochabamba (c. 900 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Punata (c. 15 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cliza (c. 8 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tarata (c. 8 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Chimoré (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km W of Chimore, Bolivia.
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