A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Santiago del Estero in Argentina. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007e0i. Unique identifier: us10007e0i. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5434 West, latitude -27.9703 South, depth = 28.81 km. 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 28.81 km (18 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:45:40 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 10:45:40 / December 1, 2016 @ 10:45 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Santiago del Estero (c. 354 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Termas de Río Hondo (c. 27 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Clodomira (c. 9 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Los Altos (c. 6 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Beltrán (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Altos, Termas de Río Hondo, Clodomira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 33 km SW of Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
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