A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from San Martin in Argentina on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.71 km (20 miles). Global time and date of event 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 10:41:04 / April 23, 2017 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:41:04 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 32.71 km, -67.9221° West, -33.2928° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10008jzz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008jzz.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendoza, San Martín (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 56 km ESE of San Martin, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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