A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -66.1832° West, -22.4705° South, depth 252.43 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 252.43 km (157 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d5t8. Id of event: us2000d5t8. The temblor was reported at 07:04:22 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 10:04:22 / February 21, 2018 @ 10:04 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 57 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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