A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 54 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (34 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000czh3. Id of event: us2000czh3. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:39:10 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.19 km (126 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7565 West, latitude -23.933 South, depth = 202.19 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 12:39:10 / February 9, 2018 @ 12:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 54 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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