A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 53 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (33 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.761 West, latitude -23.955 South, depth = 210 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 21:21:57 / July 20, 2015 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20002yr0. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002yr0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 210 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:21:57 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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