A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Villa La Angostura in Argentina. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/20 / 2020-07-03 04:46:16 / July 3, 2020 @ 4:46 am. Unique identifier: us7000ah3y. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ah3y. The epicenter was at a depth of 168.16 km (104 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:46:16 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.6895° West, latitude -40.9305° South, depth = 168.16 km.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from San Carlos de Bariloche (c. 95 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Martín de los Andes (c. 23 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Villa La Angostura (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Martín de los Andes, San Carlos de Bariloche, Villa La Angostura (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km S of Villa La Angostura, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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