A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from La Quiaca in Argentina on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 252.41 km (157 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 07:01:15 / August 15, 2018 @ 7:01 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000g9iw. Event ids that are associated: us1000g9iw. Exact location of earthquake, -65.9077° West, -22.3618° South, depth 252.41 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:01:15 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa, Villazón, La Quiaca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (28 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). 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. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SW of La Quiaca, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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