A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1983° West, -21.2808° South, depth 186.606 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:54:31 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 186.606 km (116 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 12:54:31 / December 14, 2024 @ 12:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nyv3. Event ids that are associated: us7000nyv3.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uyuni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 98 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia.
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