Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - 132 km southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Monday, 29 June 2020 at 05:06 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - 132 km southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Monday, 29 June 2020 at 05:06 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 10 km depth

29 Jun 05:17 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.
Date & time: 29 Jun 2020 05:06:30 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 18.8°S / 63.83°W (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
Nearby towns and cities:
45 km (28 mi) SE of Vallegrande (Santa Cruz) (pop: 8,420) --> See nearby quakes!
48 km (30 mi) W of Abapo (Santa Cruz) (pop: 2,420) --> See nearby quakes!
69 km (43 mi) S of Samaipata (Santa Cruz) (pop: 3,500) --> See nearby quakes!
77 km (48 mi) S of Mairana (Santa Cruz) (pop: 4,300) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) SSW of Jorochito (Santa Cruz) (pop: 4,010) --> See nearby quakes!
102 km (63 mi) SSW of Santiago del Torno (Santa Cruz) (pop: 15,500) --> See nearby quakes!
132 km (82 mi) SSW of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (pop: 1,364,400) --> See nearby quakes!
153 km (95 mi) E of Sucre (Chuquisaca) (pop: 224,800) --> See nearby quakes!
174 km (108 mi) SSW of Montero (Santa Cruz) (pop: 88,600) --> See nearby quakes!
292 km (181 mi) ESE of Cochabamba (pop: 900,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
4.710 kmCentral BoliviaGFZ
5.030 kmSanta Cruz, BoliviaEMSC
5.035 km45 km W of Abapó, BoliviaUSGS
4.610 kmCentral BoliviaUSP

User reports for this quake (3)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
near Sucre, Chuquisaca (153.2 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
VALLEGRANDE / Light shaking (MMI IV)
VALLEGRANDE / Light shaking (MMI IV)
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