A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us1000bzb1. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bzb1. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:34:23 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3025 West, latitude -22.6041 South, depth = 241.96 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 241.96 km (150 miles). Global time and date of event 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 13:34:23 / January 3, 2018 @ 1:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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