A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 93 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (58 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 201.02 km (125 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/19 / 2019-06-06 17:51:27 / June 6, 2019 @ 5:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 201.02 km, -67.2335° West, -24.3368° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003wee. Unique identifier: us70003wee. The temblor was picked up at 14:51:27 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 93 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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