A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Yacuiba in Bolivia on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -63.7605 West, latitude -22.185 South, depth = 527.437 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 21:59:33 / May 5, 2024 @ 9:59 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:59:33 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mwkk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwkk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 527.437 km (328 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Yacuiba (c. 82 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tartagal (c. 60 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from General Enrique Mosconi (c. 19 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was General Enrique Mosconi, Tartagal, Yacuiba. Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 SSW of Yacuiba, Bolivia.
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