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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Tupiza in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.5319S, -65.5635WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.5635° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.5319° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 282.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km ESE of Tupiza, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-03 02:54:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-03 03:19:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.805 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000h61k Id of event.
Event Code 1000h61k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h61k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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