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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 61 km WNW of Villazón, Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.9638S, -66.1772WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Villazón in Bolivia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 297.35 km (185 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:05:54 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 14:05:54 / June 28, 2020 @ 2:05 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000adrb. Unique identifier: us7000adrb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 297.35 km, -66.1772° West, -21.9638° South.

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa, Tupiza, La Quiaca (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: 61 km WNW of Villazón, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.1772° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.9638° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 297.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km WNW of Villazón, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-28 14:05:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-28 15:12:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 2.096 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us7000adrb Id of event.
Event Code 7000adrb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000adrb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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