A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (62 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/04/19 / 2019-04-19 08:55:42 / April 19, 2019 @ 8:55 am. Exact location, longitude -67.2904° West, latitude -24.0733° South, depth = 196.36 km. The temblor was reported at 05:55:42 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70003944. Event ids that are associated: us70003944. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 196.36 km (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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