A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from El Hoyo in Argentina on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ivd. Unique identifier: us10003ivd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 559.03 km (347 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -63.3891° West, -26.8963° South, depth 559.03 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:26:48 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 15:26:48 / September 29, 2015 @ 3:26 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campo Gallo. Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Campo Gallo (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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: 21 km NW of El Hoyo, Argentina.
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