A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 102 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina (63 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/03/18 / 2018-03-28 04:14:10 / March 28, 2018 @ 4:14 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:14:10 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d9zm. Unique identifier: us1000d9zm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6748 West, latitude -22.9285 South, depth = 215.17 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 215.17 km (134 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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