A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from El Hoyo in Argentina on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 569.5 km (354 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 01:15:35 / April 15, 2020 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -63.3909 West, latitude -26.9138 South, depth = 569.5 km. Unique identifier: us70008wfj. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008wfj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:15:35 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 104 km (64 miles) from Clodomira (c. 9 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Campo Gallo (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Clodomira, Campo Gallo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km NW of El Hoyo, Argentina.
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