A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from San Martin de los Andes in Argentina. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 02:01:40 / January 13, 2020 @ 2:01 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.1867 West, latitude -40.2568 South, depth = 162.88 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:01:40 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 162.88 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70006yzw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006yzw.
Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from San Carlos de Bariloche (c. 95 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from San Martín de los Andes (c. 23 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Junín de los Andes (c. 10 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Villa La Angostura (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Carlos de Bariloche, Villa La Angostura, Junín de los Andes (min 5000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SE of San Martin de los Andes, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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