A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 113 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (70 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -67.4361° West, latitude -24.2796° South, depth = 216.85 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 216.85 km (135 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 14:01:30 / January 2, 2017 @ 2:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:01:30 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p8p. Id of event: us10007p8p.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 113 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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