A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 68 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 164.47 km, -66.9761° West, -24.0847° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ywd. Unique identifier: us10003ywd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 06:02:37 / November 17, 2015 @ 6:02 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:02:37 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 164.47 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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