A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, San Juan, Argentina kilometers (0 miles) from San Juan, Argentina. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000as2t. Unique identifier: us7000as2t. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:22:00 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.63 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5508 West, latitude -32.1749 South, depth = 123.63 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/20 / 2020-07-21 00:22:00 / July 21, 2020 @ 12:22 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendoza, San Martín, Albardón.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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