A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Tinogasta in Argentina on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 22:42:24 / December 24, 2024 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:24 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 125.22 km, -67.3646° West, -28.2279° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfi3. Id of event: us6000pfi3. The epicenter was at a depth of 125.22 km (78 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chilecito, Arauco, Fiambalá (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 105 km (65 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km SE of Tinogasta, Argentina.
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