A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tinogasta in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 07:56:50 / July 13, 2018 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:56:50 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000g3sg. Event ids that are associated: us2000g3sg. Exact location of event, depth 112.93 km, -67.5185° West, -28.2156° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.93 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Fiambalá, Tinogasta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop).
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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 17 km SSE of Tinogasta, Argentina.
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