A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 103 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 11:27:50 / July 29, 2016 @ 11:27 am. The temblor was detected at 08:27:50 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 210.4 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.3328° West, latitude -24.137° South, depth = 210.4 km. Unique identifier: us100068d5. Ids that are associated to the event: us100068d5.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 103 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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