A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from El Aguilar in Argentina. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.427 West, latitude -23.1354 South, depth = 227.88 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dfwq. Unique identifier: us6000dfwq. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:23:25 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 227.88 km (142 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/21 / 2021-02-09 09:23:25 / February 9, 2021 @ 9:23 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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