A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from San Jose de Jachal in Argentina on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007z4b. Id of event: us20007z4b. Global time and date of event 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 09:36:17 / December 8, 2016 @ 9:36 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:36:17 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.0304 West, latitude -30.6058 South, depth = 59.41 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.41 km (37 miles).
The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, San José de Jáchal (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 48 km SSW of San Jose de Jachal, Argentina.
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