A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 100 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (62 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/19 / 2019-01-27 23:54:00 / January 27, 2019 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:54:00 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 225.19 km (140 miles). Exact location of event, depth 225.19 km, -67.3093° West, -24.2066° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j9j6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j9j6.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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