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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Yacuiba in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.9587S, -63.7892WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Yacuiba in Bolivia. Exact location, longitude -63.7892° West, latitude -21.9587° South, depth = 530.233 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 530.233 km (329 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000phk5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phk5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 20:20:11 / December 20, 2024 @ 8:20 pm. The temblor was picked up at 20:20:11 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villamontes, General Enrique Mosconi, Tartagal. Event epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Yacuiba (c. 82 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tartagal (c. 60 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from General Enrique Mosconi (c. 19 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Villamontes (c. 18 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km WNW of Yacuiba, Bolivia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.7892° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.9587° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 530.233 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km WNW of Yacuiba, Bolivia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-20 20:20:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-15 20:30:26 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 298 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.379 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 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 us6000phk5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000phk5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000phk5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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