A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Malargue in Argentina on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -69.1974° West, -34.8831° South, depth 169.03 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 23:49:03 / February 3, 2018 @ 11:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 169.03 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:49:03 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000cfi1. Event ids that are associated: us1000cfi1.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael. Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from San Rafael (c. 109 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km NNE of Malargue, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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