A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:18:57 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 231.3 km, -66.4858° West, -22.9806° South. Event id: us100034p3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034p3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 08:18:57 / August 25, 2015 @ 8:18 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 231.3 km (144 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-seven 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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