A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (25 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzwk. Unique identifier: us6000nzwk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5492 West, latitude -23.9054 South, depth = 208.36 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:18:40 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 17:18:40 / October 20, 2024 @ 5:18 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 208.36 km (129 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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