A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Agustin de Valle Fertil in Argentina on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:42:25 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.5292° West, -31.099° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/11/16 / 2016-11-17 00:42:25 / November 17, 2016 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10007954. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007954.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from San Agustín de Valle Fértil (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Agustín de Valle Fértil (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 51 km S of San Agustin de Valle Fertil, Argentina.
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