A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from San Martin in Argentina. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:30:38 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.6287° West, -33.8129° South, depth 22.43 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007uln. Unique identifier: us10007uln. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/01/17 / 2017-01-21 09:30:38 / January 21, 2017 @ 9:30 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.43 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael, San Martín. Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from San Rafael (c. 109 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop).
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 was reported nearby. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km S of San Martin, Argentina.
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