A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from El Aguilar in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxru. Id of event: us6000mxru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 231.184 km (144 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.3496° West, -23.0492° South, depth 231.184 km. Global time and date of event 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 15:27:37 / May 10, 2024 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:27:37 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa. Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km WNW of El Aguilar, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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