A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (37 miles). Id of earthquake: us700035v0. Event ids that are associated: us700035v0. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:35:11 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.9005° West, latitude -24.128° South, depth = 228.58 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 228.58 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/04/19 / 2019-04-14 10:35:11 / April 14, 2019 @ 10:35 am UTC/GMT.
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 59 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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