A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Chilecito in Argentina. Exact location, longitude -67.6244° West, latitude -29.8683° South, depth = 121.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:55:50 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 23:55:50 / January 24, 2020 @ 11:55 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.73 km (76 miles). Unique identifier: us60007f9x. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007f9x.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from La Rioja (c. 162 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Agustín de Valle Fértil (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Rioja, San Agustín de Valle Fértil, Chilecito (min 5000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km S of Chilecito, Argentina.
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