A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 00:01:54 / July 4, 2019 @ 12:01 am. The temblor was reported at 21:01:54 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700049pt. Unique identifier: us700049pt. Exact location of event, depth 117.86 km, -69.5458° West, -31.8427° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.86 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pocito, Calingasta (min 5000 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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km SSW of Calingasta, Argentina.
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