A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 00:18:59 / May 27, 2024 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:18:59 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -69.4771 West, latitude -32.3857 South, depth = 115.524 km. Id of earthquake: us6000n16j. Event ids that are associated: us6000n16j. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.524 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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. Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop).
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 three 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km NW of Mendoza, Argentina.
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