A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Caucete in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 06:54:47 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.312 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 06:54:47 / May 27, 2024 @ 6:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1172 West, latitude -32.035 South, depth = 117.312 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n188. Unique identifier: us6000n188.
Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Albardón, San Martín, Chimbas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop).
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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km SSE of Caucete, Argentina.
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