A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. The temblor was detected at 23:11:36 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4281 West, latitude -20.8622 South, depth = 197.262 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgja. Unique identifier: us6000qgja. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/25 / 2025-05-28 23:11:36 / May 28, 2025 @ 11:11 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 197.262 km (123 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colchani, Uyuni. Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 77 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia.

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