A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 78 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia (48 miles). Event id: us10009830. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10009830. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 231.84 km (144 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/17 / 2017-07-08 05:03:57 / July 8, 2017 @ 5:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8118 West, latitude -21.3883 South, depth = 231.84 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:03:57 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia.
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