A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.1591 West, latitude -22.8484 South, depth = 262.07 km. Global time and date of event 25/07/17 / 2017-07-25 21:19:53 / July 25, 2017 @ 9:19 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 262.07 km (163 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:19:53 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a14s. Unique identifier: us2000a14s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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