A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Colchani in Bolivia. The epicenter was at a depth of 200.06 km (124 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d469. Id of event: us1000d469. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2335 West, latitude -20.2734 South, depth = 200.06 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:49:13 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/03/18 / 2018-03-14 05:49:13 / March 14, 2018 @ 5:49 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uyuni, Colchani (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 31 km W of Colchani, Bolivia.
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