A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 11:44:30 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.5706 West, latitude -31.455 South, depth = 104.783 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000npuc. Unique identifier: us6000npuc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 11:44:30 / September 5, 2024 @ 11:44 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104.783 km (65 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta (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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 19 km SW of Calingasta, Argentina.
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