A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Carandayti in Bolivia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/18 / 2018-05-03 17:34:02 / May 3, 2018 @ 5:34 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 562.38 km (349 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000dxcr. Event ids that are associated: us1000dxcr. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:34:02 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -62.9856° West, latitude -20.7852° South, depth = 562.38 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villamontes. Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Villamontes (c. 18 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 9 km ESE of Carandayti, Bolivia.
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