A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Caucete in Argentina. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000802m. Id of event: us2000802m. Exact location of event, longitude -67.7576 West, latitude -32.0195 South, depth = 19.96 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.96 km (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 00:05:04 / December 12, 2016 @ 12:05 am. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:05:04 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Lucía, Pocito, Nueve de Julio. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Nueve de Julio (c. 7 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km SE of Caucete, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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