A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km WSW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (43 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9753° West, -24.4017° South, depth 155.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/15 / 2015-10-10 06:00:22 / October 10, 2015 @ 6:00 am. The temblor was detected at 03:00:22 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 155.83 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10003mnb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003mnb.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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