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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 13 km NE of Mendoza, Argentina

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Earthquake location -32.7958S, -68.7309WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina. Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 06:39:46 / July 12, 2024 @ 6:39 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 11.698 km, -68.7309° West, -32.7958° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.698 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mysi. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mysi. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:39:46 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Martín, Mendoza (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NE of Mendoza, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7309° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.7958° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.698 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km NE of Mendoza, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-12 06:39:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-12 08:08:41 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 234 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.325 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us7000mysi Id of event.
Event Code 7000mysi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mysi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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