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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Uyuni in Bolivia


Earthquake location -21.0843S, -67.1527WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 08:49:17 / February 8, 2025 @ 8:49 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 202.826 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:49:17 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pcae. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcae. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1527° West, -21.0843° South, depth 202.826 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1527° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.0843° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 202.826 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 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 2025-02-08 08:49:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-27 12:21:28 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 271 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.071 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us7000pcae Id of event.
Event Code 7000pcae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pcae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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