A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. The epicenter was at a depth of 257.29 km (160 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.0533 West, latitude -22.5674 South, depth = 257.29 km. The temblor was reported at 21:15:50 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000g2ba. Event ids that are associated: us2000g2ba. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 00:15:50 / July 5, 2018 @ 12:15 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 40 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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