A earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Padilla in Bolivia. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:09:04 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -63.9211° West, -19.2874° South, depth 596.18 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/17 / 2017-02-21 14:09:04 / February 21, 2017 @ 2:09 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 596.18 km (370 miles). Event id: us20008l41. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008l41.
The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Camiri (c. 28 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Vallegrande (c. 8 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Monteagudo (c. 8 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camiri, Vallegrande, Monteagudo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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