A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Martin in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 23:56:58 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 02:56:58 / December 12, 2016 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT. 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: us2000803e. Unique identifier: us2000803e. Exact location, longitude -68.0651° West, latitude -30.9798° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José de Jáchal, Pocito, Nueve de Julio (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km NNE of San Martin, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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