A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Camargo in Bolivia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/18 / 2018-01-22 02:46:08 / January 22, 2018 @ 2:46 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:46:08 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000cman. Event ids that are associated: us2000cman. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3414 West, latitude -20.2735 South, depth = 340.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 340.95 km (212 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Potosí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Potosí (c. 141 300 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km NNW of Camargo, Bolivia.
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