A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Chimoré in Bolivia. Unique identifier: us6000mwpv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwpv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.372 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 15:03:53 / May 6, 2024 @ 3:03 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -65.077 West, latitude -17.1622 South, depth = 19.372 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:53 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mizque, Punata, Chimoré (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Mizque (c. 30 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Punata (c. 15 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Chimoré (c. 5 100 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 20 km SSE of Chimoré, Bolivia.
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