A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Challapata in Bolivia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 257.722 km (160 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:18:40 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.918° West, -19.0011° South, depth 257.722 km. Global time and date of event 03/11/24 / 2024-11-03 21:18:40 / November 3, 2024 @ 9:18 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nprz. Id of event: us7000nprz.
Nearby country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huanuni, Llallagua, Challapata (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Llallagua (c. 28 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Huanuni (c. 15 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Challapata (c. 8 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 19 km SW of Challapata, Bolivia.
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