A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Albardon in Argentina on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us7000979v. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000979v. The temblor was reported at 23:13:50 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 02:13:50 / April 30, 2020 @ 2:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 111.04 km, -68.6854° West, -31.2516° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 111.04 km (69 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, Caucete, Nueve de Julio (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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