A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 100 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (62 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008u6b. Unique identifier: us10008u6b. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2927 West, latitude -24.052 South, depth = 225.46 km. The temblor was detected at 16:24:57 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 225.46 km (140 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 22/05/17 / 2017-05-22 19:24:57 / May 22, 2017 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 100 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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