A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Belen 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: 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 16:28:55 / July 20, 2016 @ 4:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156.02 km (97 miles). Unique identifier: us20006g7l. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006g7l. The temblor was reported at 13:28:55 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.6615° West, -27.9484° South, depth 156.02 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Arauco, Andalgalá (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km SE of Belen, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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