A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Londres in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:44:31 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzxz. Unique identifier: us7000mzxz. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 03:44:31 / July 18, 2024 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6677 West, latitude -27.9608 South, depth = 195.581 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 195.581 km (122 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Arauco, Andalgalá (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop).
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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km ESE of Londres, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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