A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h7c7. Id of event: us1000h7c7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 23:21:56 / October 4, 2018 @ 11:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3748 West, latitude -22.8393 South, depth = 235.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 235.4 km (146 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:21:56 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 70 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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