A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Azurduy in Bolivia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 10:38:05 / August 14, 2016 @ 10:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3407 West, latitude -19.8665 South, depth = 25.32 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.32 km (16 miles). Event id: us10006dqw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006dqw. The temblor was detected at 06:38:05 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). 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 Camiri, Monteagudo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Camiri (c. 28 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Monteagudo (c. 8 300 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 NNE of Azurduy, Bolivia.
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