A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 117 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -66.9895° West, latitude -23.3566° South, depth = 227.52 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:45:53 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006i2h. Id of event: us20006i2h. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 227.52 km (141 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/16 / 2016-07-27 11:45:53 / July 27, 2016 @ 11:45 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 117 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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