A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina. Exact location of event, longitude -70.1346 West, latitude -31.6643 South, depth = 117.634 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 22:49:52 / October 12, 2024 @ 10:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nyce. Id of event: us6000nyce. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:49:52 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.634 km (73 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Calingasta. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km WSW of Calingasta, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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