A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Challapata in Bolivia. Unique identifier: us6000npu5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000npu5. Global time and date of event 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 10:38:26 / September 5, 2024 @ 10:38 am UTC/GMT. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:38:26 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3038 West, latitude -19.1251 South, depth = 222.966 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 222.966 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llallagua, Huanuni, Challapata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 109 km (68 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 61 km WSW of Challapata, Bolivia.
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