A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Fiambala in Argentina. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/20 / 2020-04-18 08:27:51 / April 18, 2020 @ 8:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9473 West, latitude -27.6846 South, depth = 132.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008z8a. Unique identifier: us70008z8a. The temblor was reported at 05:27:51 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.73 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Fiambalá (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 eleven 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km W of Fiambala, Argentina.
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