A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 03:14:07 / August 31, 2015 @ 3:14 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:14:07 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -69.4442° West, -33.0862° South. Id of earthquake: us1000368l. Event ids that are associated: us1000368l.
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Martín, Mendoza (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km WSW of Mendoza, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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