A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 59 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (37 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.88 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:19:44 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9028 West, latitude -24.2044 South, depth = 168.88 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 01:19:44 / May 11, 2018 @ 1:19 am. Id of earthquake: us1000e2j5. Event ids that are associated: us1000e2j5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 59 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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