A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Fiambala in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:42:39 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 15:42:39 / May 10, 2018 @ 3:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 170.6 km (106 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000e230. Event ids that are associated: us1000e230. Exact location, longitude -67.4282° West, latitude -27.4725° South, depth = 170.6 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Fiambalá.
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 one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 30 km NE of Fiambala, Argentina.
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