A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 66 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (41 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600079wm. Id of event: us600079wm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 08:35:05 / January 18, 2020 @ 8:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 210.22 km (131 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9014 West, latitude -23.9551 South, depth = 210.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:35:05 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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