A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Zonda in Argentina on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -69.1475° West, latitude -31.7887° South, depth = 120.58 km. Id of earthquake: us1000e5n5. Event ids that are associated: us1000e5n5. The temblor was picked up at 14:42:30 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 17:42:30 / May 15, 2018 @ 5:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.58 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caucete, San Martín, Nueve de Julio. Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eighteen 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: 47 km SW of Zonda, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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