A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Albardon in Argentina on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 01:20:15 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000b2d5. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b2d5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 04:20:15 / October 7, 2017 @ 4:20 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 114.98 km (71 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7275 West, latitude -31.3218 South, depth = 114.98 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calingasta, Caucete, Nueve de Julio. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
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. 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km WNW of Albardon, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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