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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Uyuni in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.2808S, -67.1983WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1983° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.2808° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 186.606 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-14 12:54:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 13:14:02 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 369 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us7000nyv3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyv3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyv3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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