A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Albardon in Argentina on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.76 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6042 West, latitude -31.3171 South, depth = 111.76 km. Global time and date of event 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 16:16:30 / November 11, 2018 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000hqlc. Event ids that are associated: us1000hqlc. The temblor was detected at 13:16:30 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calingasta, Caucete, Nueve de Julio. Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (16 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 15 km NNW of Albardon, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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