A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. Global time and date of event 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 19:28:46 / December 6, 2024 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:28:46 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nwpl. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwpl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.1072 West, latitude -22.8733 South, depth = 269.883 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 269.883 km (168 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Humahuaca, Abra Pampa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Humahuaca (c. 11 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 45 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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