A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 79 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (49 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.0934° West, -24.3067° South, depth 168.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 21:58:43 / July 2, 2018 @ 9:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.76 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fv58. Id of event: us2000fv58. The temblor was picked up at 18:58:43 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter).
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 four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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