A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.09 km (67 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:00:31 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/19 / 2019-10-21 06:00:31 / October 21, 2019 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000616r. Id of event: us7000616r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 108.09 km, -69.4843° West, -32.3042° South.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendoza (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 89 km NW of Mendoza, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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