A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Friday. Global time and date of event 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 08:27:22 / August 12, 2016 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 253.36 km (157 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10006d8q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006d8q. Exact location of event, depth 253.36 km, -66.1521° West, -22.5465° South. The temblor was picked up at 05:27:22 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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