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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Challapata in Bolivia

Posted by admin on December 30, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.8341S, -67.1951WA 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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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1951° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8341° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 251.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km W of Challapata, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-30 15:38:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-30 16:02:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.063 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000by6v Id of event.
Event Code 1000by6v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000by6v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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