A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Fiambala in Argentina on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70004hj4. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004hj4. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 02:17:21 / July 11, 2019 @ 2:17 am. The temblor was picked up at 23:17:21 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 145.49 km (90 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.53° West, -27.6378° South, depth 145.49 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Fiambalá (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 9 km ENE of Fiambala, Argentina.
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