A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from San Luis in Argentina. Unique identifier: us70006a4q. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006a4q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/19 / 2019-11-19 23:10:40 / November 19, 2019 @ 11:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:40 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8781° West, -33.6434° South, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from San Luis (c. 184 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from La Punta (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Punta, San Luis.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km SW of San Luis, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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