A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from El Hoyo in Argentina. 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 560.51 km (348 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:24 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -63.3793° West, -26.942° South, depth 560.51 km. Unique identifier: us10003ip4. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003ip4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 00:05:24 / September 29, 2015 @ 12:05 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campo Gallo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Campo Gallo (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 17 km WNW of El Hoyo, Argentina.
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