A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Challapata in Bolivia on Saturday. Global time and date of event 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 15:38:29 / December 30, 2017 @ 3:38 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.1951 West, latitude -18.8341 South, depth = 251.5 km. Unique identifier: us1000by6v. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000by6v. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 251.5 km (156 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:38:29 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Oruro (c. 208 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oruro, Llallagua, Huanuni (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 45 km W of Challapata, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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