A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Mendoza, Argentina kilometers (0 miles) from Mendoza, Argentina on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us7000as5z. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000as5z. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5284 West, latitude -33.1399 South, depth = 162.35 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:34:55 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 162.35 km (101 miles). Global time and date of event 21/07/20 / 2020-07-21 06:34:55 / July 21, 2020 @ 6:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendoza, San Martín (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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