A 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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