A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Nueve de Julio in Argentina. Event id: us1000f0na. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f0na. Global time and date of event 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 23:46:59 / June 24, 2018 @ 11:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.11 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.4276° West, -31.9563° South, depth 108.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:46:59 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Martín, Albardón, Chimbas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 32 km S of Nueve de Julio, Argentina.
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