A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Las Ovejas in Argentina. 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: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 14:09:53 / May 7, 2016 @ 2:09 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -70.528 West, latitude -36.6722 South, depth = 157.84 km. Event id: us10005fqd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005fqd. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:09:53 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 157.84 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Chos Malal (c. 11 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chos Malal.
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km NNE of Las Ovejas, Argentina.
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