A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Chamical in Argentina on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5734 West, latitude -30.0831 South, depth = 18.78 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:50:37 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 18.78 km (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 15:50:37 / October 27, 2016 @ 3:50 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100072dj. Unique identifier: us100072dj.
Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from La Rioja (c. 162 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Chamical (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Rioja, Chamical.
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km NW of Chamical, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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