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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near San Martín in Argentina


Earthquake location -32.8887S, -68.1695WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from San Martín in Argentina. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 10:09:57 / July 19, 2020 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ar7j. Id of event: us7000ar7j. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1695 West, latitude -32.8887 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:09:57 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendoza, San Martín (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km NE of San Martín, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1695° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.8887° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km NE of San Martín, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-19 10:09:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-30 12:36:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ar7j Id of event.
Event Code 7000ar7j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ar7j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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