A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -69.6372° West, latitude -32.4341° South, depth = 122.928 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.928 km (76 miles). Event id: us7000mtez. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtez. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:49:07 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/24 / 2024-06-19 13:49:07 / June 19, 2024 @ 1:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendoza (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km NW of Mendoza, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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