A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Caucete in Argentina. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/04/16 / 2016-04-10 00:30:23 / April 10, 2016 @ 12:30 am. Id of earthquake: us20005gqn. Event ids that are associated: us20005gqn. The temblor was detected at 21:30:23 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5356 West, latitude -31.9097 South, depth = 144.95 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 144.95 km (90 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nueve de Julio (c. 7 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nueve de Julio, Caucete (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 76 km ESE of Caucete, Argentina.
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