A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (62 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3 West, latitude -24.194 South, depth = 211.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us200065jr. Ids that are associated to the event: us200065jr. The epicenter was at a depth of 211.6 km (131 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:19:23 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 16:19:23 / June 20, 2016 @ 4:19 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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