A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qh3. Id of event: us60003qh3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:24:45 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 252.92 km (157 miles). Global time and date of event 22/05/19 / 2019-05-22 02:24:45 / May 22, 2019 @ 2:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 252.92 km, -65.9842° West, -22.4689° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa. Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km NW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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