A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 293.85 km (183 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.3619° West, latitude -22.7607° South, depth = 293.85 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:55:59 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600055ca. Unique identifier: us600055ca. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/19 / 2019-08-15 09:55:59 / August 15, 2019 @ 9:55 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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