Buenos Aires: A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck a rural area of northern Argentina on Saturday morning, but its epicentre was so deep that it gave only a light shake to towns nearby.
The US Geological Survey said on Saturday that the quake, initially registered at 6.9, hit at 6:56 am about 150 kilometres (115 miles) northeast of Santiago del Estero at a depth of 563 kilometres (350 miles).
It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries or damage, but the earthquake was hardly felt in Santiago del Estero, the provincial capital, where Emilio Abdala, a receptionist at the 14-storey Hotel Casino Carlos V, said that nobody felt a thing.
Bureau Report
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