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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Atocha in Bolivia

Posted by admin on May 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -21.4054S, -66.6441WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 251.925 km (157 miles). Event id: us6000mz75. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mz75. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6441 West, latitude -21.4054 South, depth = 251.925 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:13:01 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 14:13:01 / May 17, 2024 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tupiza (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6441° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.4054° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 251.925 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 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 2024-05-17 14:13:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-23 13:49:25 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 312 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.096 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us6000mz75 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mz75 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mz75, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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