A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pocito in Argentina on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/16 / 2016-12-30 15:48:24 / December 30, 2016 @ 3:48 pm. Id of earthquake: us10007ns3. Event ids that are associated: us10007ns3. The epicenter was at a depth of 106.6 km (66 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:48:24 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 106.6 km, -68.5888° West, -31.6145° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, Caucete, San Martín. Earthquake epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km N of Pocito, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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