A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 102.26 km (64 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 11:18:32 / May 20, 2019 @ 11:18 am. The temblor was reported at 08:18:32 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 102.26 km, -69.8663° West, -31.4861° South. Id of earthquake: us70003nha. Event ids that are associated: us70003nha.
Epicenter of the event was 109 km (68 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Calingasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km WSW of Calingasta, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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