A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported La Rioja, Argentina kilometers (0 miles) from La Rioja, Argentina on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hur2. Unique identifier: us1000hur2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3678 West, latitude -28.8541 South, depth = 116.68 km. Global time and date of event 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 00:06:49 / November 21, 2018 @ 12:06 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.68 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:06:49 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, La Rioja, Arauco. Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from La Rioja (c. 162 600 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: La Rioja, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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