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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 24 km SSE of Aiquile, Bolivia


Earthquake location -18.3928S, -65.0688WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Aiquile in Bolivia. The temblor was reported at 10:18:16 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 10:18:16 / October 30, 2024 @ 10:18 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -65.0688° West, -18.3928° South, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000nnz3. Event ids that are associated: us7000nnz3.

Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Sucre (c. 224 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mizque (c. 30 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Aiquile (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sucre, Mizque, Aiquile (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 24 km SSE of Aiquile, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.0688° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.3928° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km SSE of Aiquile, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-30 10:18:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 11:22:01 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 284 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.96 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000nnz3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnz3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnz3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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