A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Uyuni in Bolivia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/25 / 2025-07-03 22:42:57 / July 3, 2025 @ 10:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7016° West, -20.6737° South, depth 232.935 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qajk. Id of event: us7000qajk. The temblor was reported at 22:42:57 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 232.935 km (145 miles).

The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colchani, Uyuni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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: 26 km SSE of Uyuni, Bolivia.

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