A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from La Rioja in Argentina on Monday. Global time and date of event 10/05/16 / 2016-05-10 02:50:56 / May 10, 2016 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10005ge3. Event ids that are associated: us10005ge3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.51 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.8227° West, latitude -29.492° South, depth = 19.51 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:50:56 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 9 km (6 miles) from La Rioja (c. 162 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chilecito, La Rioja.
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 9 km SSE of La Rioja, Argentina.
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