A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 65 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (40 miles). Global time and date of event 12/10/18 / 2018-10-12 03:58:16 / October 12, 2018 @ 3:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:58:16 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). 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 190.64 km (118 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000haxl. Event ids that are associated: us1000haxl. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9497° West, -24.0803° South, depth 190.64 km.
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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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