A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:18:24 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 189.56 km, -67.2812° West, -20.8423° South. Global time and date of event 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 01:18:24 / July 19, 2019 @ 1:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004nll. Id of event: us70004nll. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 189.56 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colchani, Uyuni. The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 63 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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