A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 14:45:25 / October 1, 2018 @ 2:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 171.46 km (107 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000h7ml. Event ids that are associated: us1000h7ml. Exact location, longitude -67.2876° West, latitude -21.0669° South, depth = 171.46 km. The temblor was reported at 10:45:25 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 82 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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