A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tinogasta in Argentina. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 13:45:39 / September 16, 2015 @ 1:45 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:45:39 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003jzh. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003jzh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.89 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 136.89 km, -67.5298° West, -28.2483° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Fiambalá, Tinogasta. Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km S of Tinogasta, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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