A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 01:13:36 / August 15, 2024 @ 1:13 am. Event id: us7000n72w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n72w. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.077 km (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:13:36 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 119.077 km, -69.6187° West, -31.705° South.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km SSW of Calingasta, Argentina.
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