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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Atocha in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.4668S, -66.6057WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:58:37 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my2a. Id of event: us6000my2a. Exact location of earthquake, -66.6057° West, -21.4668° South, depth 263.264 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 263.264 km (164 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 11:58:37 / May 12, 2024 @ 11:58 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tupiza. Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 71 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6057° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.4668° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 263.264 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-12 11:58:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 06:13:48 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 271 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.474 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us6000my2a Id of event.
Event Code 6000my2a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my2a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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