A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from La Puerta de San Jose in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:45:21 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.2802 West, latitude -27.359 South, depth = 124.13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 12:45:21 / June 20, 2016 @ 12:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124.13 km (77 miles). Id of earthquake: us200065hj. Event ids that are associated: us200065hj.
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Fiambalá (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 33 km NW of La Puerta de San Jose, Argentina.
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