A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:21:14 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eb00. Unique identifier: us1000eb00. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 23:21:14 / May 23, 2018 @ 11:21 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -69.2217° West, -33.359° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 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 three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km SW of Mendoza, Argentina.
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