A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 110 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (68 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:15:41 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.396° West, -24.115° South, depth 200.72 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e6jn. Id of event: us1000e6jn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 18:15:41 / May 16, 2018 @ 6:15 pm. 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 200.72 km (125 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 110 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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