A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/03/19 / 2019-03-19 16:23:19 / March 19, 2019 @ 4:23 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:23:19 / 1:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 252.77 km (157 miles). Exact location of event, depth 252.77 km, -66.3337° West, -22.6921° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jil9. Id of event: us1000jil9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa. Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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