A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gce3. Id of event: us1000gce3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 263.78 km (164 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/08/18 / 2018-08-18 19:11:20 / August 18, 2018 @ 7:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.1758 West, latitude -22.5338 South, depth = 263.78 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:11:20 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 53 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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