A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 104 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (65 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:19:44 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100033w1. Ids that are associated to the event: us100033w1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 07:19:44 / August 21, 2015 @ 7:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 231.9 km (144 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.26° West, -23.831° South, depth 231.9 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 104 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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