A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Jose de Jachal in Argentina on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.3129 West, latitude -30.1146 South, depth = 12.43 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:30:22 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 11:30:22 / August 1, 2015 @ 11:30 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.43 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10002x3v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002x3v.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Agustín de Valle Fértil, San José de Jáchal (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from San Agustín de Valle Fértil (c. 6 900 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 44 km ENE of San Jose de Jachal, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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