A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Caucete in Argentina on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005pab. Id of event: us70005pab. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/19 / 2019-10-01 09:46:40 / October 1, 2019 @ 9:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.0422° West, latitude -32.0198° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 06:46:40 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Albardón, San Martín, Chimbas. Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SSE of Caucete, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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