A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 71 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:34:05 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006neq. Id of event: us60006neq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 187.36 km (116 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/19 / 2019-12-07 02:34:05 / December 7, 2019 @ 2:34 am. Exact location, longitude -67.0141° West, latitude -24.1104° South, depth = 187.36 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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