A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 194.228 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/24 / 2024-09-29 20:02:26 / September 29, 2024 @ 8:02 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nh55. Unique identifier: us7000nh55. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:02:26 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.3645° West, latitude -20.7721° South, depth = 194.228 km.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Nearby 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 Colchani, Uyuni.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 66 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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