A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (36 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us2000b1dk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1dk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 197.29 km (123 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/17 / 2017-10-05 08:16:28 / October 5, 2017 @ 8:16 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:16:28 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 197.29 km, -66.8888° West, -24.1505° South.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 58 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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