A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Jose de Jachal in Argentina. Unique identifier: us20002plf. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002plf. The temblor was detected at 03:20:52 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.234 West, latitude -29.735 South, depth = 119 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 119 km (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/15 / 2015-06-13 06:20:52 / June 13, 2015 @ 6:20 am.
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San José de Jáchal (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 73 km NW of San Jose de Jachal, Argentina.
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