A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (50 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 222.281 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000md73. Event ids that are associated: us7000md73. Global time and date of event 19/04/24 / 2024-04-19 15:48:14 / April 19, 2024 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:48:14 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -67.1036° West, latitude -24.1406° South, depth = 222.281 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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