A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Chilecito in Argentina. Id of earthquake: us2000gcis. Event ids that are associated: us2000gcis. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:17:24 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 174.17 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 11:17:24 / July 24, 2018 @ 11:17 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7383 West, latitude -29.1184 South, depth = 174.17 km.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from La Rioja (c. 162 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Rioja, Chilecito. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 23 km WNW of Chilecito, Argentina.
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