A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 93 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (58 miles). Id of earthquake: us10003459. Event ids that are associated: us10003459. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 00:17:49 / August 22, 2015 @ 12:17 am. The temblor was detected at 21:17:49 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 198.62 km (123 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2231 West, latitude -24.0753 South, depth = 198.62 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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