A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 71 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:52:56 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 11:52:56 / April 3, 2020 @ 11:52 am. Event id: us70008mkl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008mkl. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 222.49 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9985 West, latitude -24.0396 South, depth = 222.49 km.
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 five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 71 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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