A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 79 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (49 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006244. Id of event: us20006244. Global time and date of event 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 01:53:57 / June 5, 2016 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:53:57 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.1024° West, -24.2844° South, depth 195.41 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 195.41 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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