A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 107 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/17 / 2017-04-02 02:41:07 / April 2, 2017 @ 2:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:41:07 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3761 West, latitude -24.2013 South, depth = 232.58 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008dvq. Unique identifier: us10008dvq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 232.58 km (145 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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: 107 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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