A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us200067c3. Unique identifier: us200067c3. Exact location of event, longitude -70.1227 West, latitude -31.0845 South, depth = 131.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 22:37:02 / June 27, 2016 @ 10:37 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:37:02 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 131.48 km (82 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Calingasta (min 5000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km WNW of Calingasta, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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