A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 83 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (52 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/19 / 2019-09-02 20:53:30 / September 2, 2019 @ 8:53 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 169.28 km (105 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005b8m. Unique identifier: us70005b8m. The temblor was detected at 17:53:30 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.1165 West, latitude -24.0329 South, depth = 169.28 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 83 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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