A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 138 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (86 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 08:59:17 / August 27, 2015 @ 8:59 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:17 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 200.9 km, -67.68° West, -24.153° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003594. Unique identifier: us10003594. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 200.9 km (125 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 138 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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