A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (75 miles) on Friday. 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: us10006deg. Id of event: us10006deg. The epicenter was at a depth of 193.2 km (120 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:04:51 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 19:04:51 / August 12, 2016 @ 7:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.515° West, latitude -24.187° South, depth = 193.2 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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