A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (40 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/12/15 / 2015-12-13 08:31:15 / December 13, 2015 @ 8:31 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004gvd. Unique identifier: us20004gvd. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:31:15 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.5 km (113 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9564 West, latitude -24.1944 South, depth = 182.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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