A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us700062r2. Event ids that are associated: us700062r2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/19 / 2019-11-03 23:29:34 / November 3, 2019 @ 11:29 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 113.4 km (70 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:29:34 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.1815 West, latitude -31.6304 South, depth = 113.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caucete, Nueve de Julio, San Martín (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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