A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from El Aguilar in Argentina. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.2862 West, latitude -23.0238 South, depth = 246.083 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/24 / 2024-05-01 05:06:53 / May 1, 2024 @ 5:06 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 246.083 km (153 miles). Event id: us6000mvek. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvek. The temblor was reported at 05:06:53 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa. Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, 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 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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