A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 78 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (48 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 167.97 km (104 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/17 / 2017-12-17 02:28:04 / December 17, 2017 @ 2:28 am. Unique identifier: us2000c5c6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c5c6. The temblor was detected at 23:28:04 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.094 West, latitude -24.2122 South, depth = 167.97 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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