A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 259.1 km (161 miles). Global time and date of event 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 00:04:32 / December 14, 2016 @ 12:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.3558° West, latitude -22.9461° South, depth = 259.1 km. Id of earthquake: us200080lk. Event ids that are associated: us200080lk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:04:32 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 72 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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