A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Thursday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:13:40 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 163.69 km, -69.5106° West, -31.2281° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/10/16 / 2016-10-13 20:13:40 / October 13, 2016 @ 8:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007dx6. Id of event: us20007dx6. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 163.69 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 15 km NW of Calingasta, Argentina.
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