A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Neuquen, Argentina kilometers (0 miles) from Neuquen, Argentina. Unique identifier: us20009vz2. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009vz2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:05:39 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/07/17 / 2017-07-13 13:05:39 / July 13, 2017 @ 1:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.0785 West, latitude -36.9537 South, depth = 125.87 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 125.87 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chos Malal, Coihueco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Chos Malal (c. 11 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Coihueco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Neuquen, Argentina.
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