M 4.8 in Bolivia on 07 Dec 2021 07:47 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1300324
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 222.93 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.6281 , -66.6734
Event Date: 07 Dec 2021 07:47 UTC
07 Dec 2021 03:47 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2021 08:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Argentina= 3.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000g9z5 Scaled population (vector) 4.38  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
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Latest media headlines

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Moderate 4.6 quake hits near San Cristobal de Lipez, Departamento de P ... 2021-12-03T02:59+0100.

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.6 quake in Bolivia near San Cristobal de Lipez, Departamento de Potosi, only 22 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the evening on Thursday, December 2nd, 2021, at 9:31 pm local time
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Moderate magnitude 4.8 quake hits 45 km southwest of San Cristobal de ... 2021-11-24T19:41+0100.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 4.8 quake in Bolivia near San Cristobal de Lipez, Departamento de Potosi, only 12 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Wednesday, November 24th, 2021, at 2:
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),