A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from San Martin in Argentina on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 21:29:45 / December 18, 2018 @ 9:29 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.48 km (10 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000iuwm. Event ids that are associated: us2000iuwm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3977° West, -33.842° South, depth 15.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:29:45 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from San Rafael (c. 109 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael, San Martín (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km S of San Martin, Argentina.
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