A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Londres in Argentina on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 05:08:22 / June 23, 2020 @ 5:08 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 156.73 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9276° West, -27.8465° South, depth 156.73 km. Event id: us6000ah03. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ah03. The temblor was picked up at 05:08:22 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Fiambalá, Tinogasta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 25 km SE of Londres, Argentina.
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