A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 km ESE of Tres Lomas, Argentina (32 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/16 / 2016-11-07 07:47:53 / November 7, 2016 @ 7:47 am. The temblor was detected at 04:47:53 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -62.2974 West, latitude -36.5925 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000767h. Unique identifier: us1000767h. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 52 km ESE of Tres Lomas, Argentina.
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