A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Martín in Argentina on Friday. Id of earthquake: us7000nwds. Event ids that are associated: us7000nwds. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 00:08:11 / December 6, 2024 @ 12:08 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.561 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:08:11 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7095 West, latitude -33.502 South, depth = 35.561 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendoza, San Martín. Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 51 km SSW of San Martín, Argentina.
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