A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from San Jose de Jachal in Argentina. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.01 km (76 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/20 / 2020-01-03 12:01:47 / January 3, 2020 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70006u5k. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006u5k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -69.335° West, -29.645° South, depth 123.01 km. The temblor was reported at 09:01:47 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San José de Jáchal. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 87 km NW of San Jose de Jachal, Argentina.
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