Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mendoza in Argentina

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.09 km (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067f0. Id of event: us200067f0. The temblor was detected at 02:56:53 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 05:56:53 / June 28, 2016 @ 5:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.7759° West, latitude -32.6827° South, depth = 55.09 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop). Nearby 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 San Martín, Mendoza.

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NNE of Mendoza, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.7759° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.6827° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km NNE of Mendoza, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-06-28 05:56:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-28 21:17:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	285	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.136	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us200067f0	Id of event.
Event Code	200067f0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200067f0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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