A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Carandayti in Bolivia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dxl4. Id of event: us2000dxl4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 569.35 km (354 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:49:02 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -63.2343° West, latitude -20.6569° South, depth = 569.35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/18 / 2018-04-02 13:49:02 / April 2, 2018 @ 1:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camiri, Villamontes (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Camiri (c. 28 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Villamontes (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 20 km WNW of Carandayti, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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