A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Oruro in Bolivia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:05:04 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 285.1 km (177 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60008eci. Unique identifier: us60008eci. Exact location of event, longitude -67.0147 West, latitude -18.0077 South, depth = 285.1 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/20 / 2020-03-08 03:05:04 / March 8, 2020 @ 3:05 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Capinota, Llallagua, Huanuni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Oruro (c. 208 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Capinota (c. 5 200 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 14 km E of Oruro, Bolivia.
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