A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 18:59:43 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 21:59:43 / January 1, 2020 @ 9:59 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 257.68 km (160 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006tb0. Unique identifier: us70006tb0. Exact location of event, depth 257.68 km, -66.4714° West, -22.942° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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