A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 21:00:26 / December 17, 2018 @ 9:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9489 West, latitude -24.1819 South, depth = 192.95 km. The temblor was detected at 18:00:26 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.95 km (120 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000iuix. Event ids that are associated: us2000iuix.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 64 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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