A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. The epicenter was at a depth of 191.448 km (119 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.1692 West, latitude -21.0118 South, depth = 191.448 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:53:01 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000msil. Event ids that are associated: us7000msil. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/24 / 2024-06-14 20:53:01 / June 14, 2024 @ 8:53 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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