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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Oruro in Bolivia

Posted by admin on April 1, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.8591S, -66.966WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Oruro in Bolivia on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k8g3. Id of event: us2000k8g3. Exact location of event, longitude -66.966 West, latitude -17.8591 South, depth = 280.83 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 280.83 km (174 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:19:49 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/04/19 / 2019-04-01 10:19:49 / April 1, 2019 @ 10:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Capinota, Llallagua, Huanuni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Oruro (c. 208 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Capinota (c. 5 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 23 km NE of Oruro, Bolivia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.966° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.8591° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 280.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km NE of Oruro, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-01 10:19:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-01 10:38:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 340 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 1.918 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us2000k8g3 Id of event.
Event Code 2000k8g3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k8g3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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