A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Chimoré in Bolivia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 578.524 km (359 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nzxn. Event ids that are associated: us7000nzxn. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:32:07 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 01:32:07 / December 19, 2024 @ 1:32 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4653 West, latitude -16.9338 South, depth = 578.524 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rosa del Sara, Villa Yapacaní, Chimoré (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Villa Yapacaní (c. 18 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Santa Rosa del Sara (c. 5 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chimoré (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km E of Chimoré, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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