A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 114 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us600084d8. Ids that are associated to the event: us600084d8. Global time and date of event 26/02/20 / 2020-02-26 01:23:39 / February 26, 2020 @ 1:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:23:39 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 198.88 km (124 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.2874 West, latitude -21.3945 South, depth = 198.88 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 114 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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