A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from San Jose de Jachal in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.77 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/01/17 / 2017-01-29 15:46:59 / January 29, 2017 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:46:59 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10007w1h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007w1h. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6799 West, latitude -30.3982 South, depth = 97.77 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San José de Jáchal (min 5000 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 18 km SSE of San Jose de Jachal, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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