A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Challapata in Bolivia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 260.76 km (162 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7089 West, latitude -19.6018 South, depth = 260.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:33:30 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mxkp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxkp. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 22:33:30 / May 9, 2024 @ 10:33 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uyuni, Colchani, Challapata (min 5000 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 77 km S of Challapata, Bolivia.
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