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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Villazón in Bolivia

Posted by admin on February 14, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location -21.9856S, -66.0436WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Villazón in Bolivia on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dhix. Unique identifier: us6000dhix. Exact location of earthquake, -66.0436° West, -21.9856° South, depth 260.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:24:20 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 05:24:20 / February 14, 2021 @ 5:24 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 260.43 km (162 miles).

Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa, Tupiza, La Quiaca. Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).

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. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 47 km WNW of Villazón, Bolivia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.0436° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.9856° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 260.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 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 2021-02-14 05:24:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-14 06:05:17 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 298 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 2.196 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000dhix Id of event.
Event Code 6000dhix An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dhix, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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