A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 05:56:45 / September 27, 2024 @ 5:56 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 181.095 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:56:45 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ngra. Event ids that are associated: us7000ngra. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4424 West, latitude -20.8471 South, depth = 181.095 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colchani, Uyuni (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 77 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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