A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Tupiza in Bolivia. Exact location of earthquake, -65.5635° West, -21.5319° South, depth 282.04 km. The temblor was reported at 22:54:50 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 02:54:50 / October 3, 2018 @ 2:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 282.04 km (175 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h61k. Id of event: us1000h61k.
Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tarija, La Quiaca, Villazón (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Tarija (c. 159 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km ESE of Tupiza, Bolivia.
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