A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006lqf. Id of event: us60006lqf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.2975 West, latitude -22.9445 South, depth = 237.83 km. The temblor was reported at 16:46:58 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/19 / 2019-12-03 19:46:58 / December 3, 2019 @ 7:46 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 237.83 km (148 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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