A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 225.16 km (140 miles). Unique identifier: us20002z5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002z5j. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 06:50:14 / July 22, 2015 @ 6:50 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -66.4303° West, -22.7288° South, depth 225.16 km. The temblor was detected at 03:50:14 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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