A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 106 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina (66 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 18:40:16 / May 4, 2024 @ 6:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:40:16 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7247 West, latitude -23.205 South, depth = 210.119 km. Unique identifier: us6000mwcm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwcm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 210.119 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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