A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 46 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (29 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 02:28:24 / March 6, 2016 @ 2:28 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 193.98 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:28:24 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004vl7. Unique identifier: us10004vl7. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6913 West, latitude -23.9785 South, depth = 193.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. 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: 46 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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