A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Colchani in Bolivia on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 10:38:52 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 264.67 km (164 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/21 / 2021-03-10 10:38:52 / March 10, 2021 @ 10:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6572 West, latitude -19.6601 South, depth = 264.67 km. Event id: us7000dhn1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dhn1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uyuni, Challapata, Colchani. Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 76 km NNE of Colchani, Bolivia.
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