A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 63 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (39 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/20 / 2020-05-25 13:17:33 / May 25, 2020 @ 1:17 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9401 West, latitude -24.2732 South, depth = 170.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70009q12. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009q12. The temblor was detected at 10:17:33 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 170.39 km (106 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 63 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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