A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 108 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (67 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 211.02 km (131 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.386° West, latitude -24.3189° South, depth = 211.02 km. Event id: us1000dv4d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dv4d. The temblor was picked up at 22:06:54 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/05/18 / 2018-05-01 01:06:54 / May 1, 2018 @ 1:06 am UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 108 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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