A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina on Monday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:51:16 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/18 / 2018-03-19 12:51:16 / March 19, 2018 @ 12:51 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114 km (71 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.4263 West, latitude -32.3838 South, depth = 114 km. Unique identifier: us1000d6dq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d6dq.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendoza. Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km NW of Mendoza, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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