A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dpcy. Unique identifier: us1000dpcy. The epicenter was at a depth of 243.19 km (151 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:40:37 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/18 / 2018-04-17 15:40:37 / April 17, 2018 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -65.9932° West, -22.4929° South, depth 243.19 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km NW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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