A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 120.22 km (75 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/19 / 2019-07-23 18:39:59 / July 23, 2019 @ 6:39 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:39:59 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60004u87. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004u87. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 120.22 km, -69.6282° West, -31.6379° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pocito, Calingasta. Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seven and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 39 km SSW of Calingasta, Argentina.
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