A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Caucete in Argentina. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 10:34:55 / December 20, 2024 @ 10:34 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0a0. Id of event: us7000p0a0. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:34:55 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.5302° West, latitude -31.9735° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nueve de Julio, Caucete (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Nueve de Julio (c. 7 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 79 km ESE of Caucete, Argentina.
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