A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -69.4464 West, latitude -32.5825 South, depth = 127.29 km. Unique identifier: us70003akh. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003akh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.29 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:17:59 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 08:17:59 / April 23, 2019 @ 8:17 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendoza (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km WNW of Mendoza, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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