A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from El Hoyo in Argentina on Friday. Global time and date of event 11/11/16 / 2016-11-11 23:35:37 / November 11, 2016 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 574.09 km (357 miles). Unique identifier: us10007716. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007716. Exact location of event, longitude -63.4094 West, latitude -27.343 South, depth = 574.09 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:35:37 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Clodomira (c. 9 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Suncho Corral (c. 6 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Beltrán (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Beltrán, Clodomira, Suncho Corral (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. 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: 39 km SSW of El Hoyo, Argentina.
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