A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/12/17 / 2017-12-22 08:44:37 / December 22, 2017 @ 8:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.47 km (23 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000buxs. Unique identifier: us1000buxs. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:44:37 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.9719° West, latitude -33.3427° South, depth = 37.47 km.
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 55 km (34 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km SSW of Mendoza, Argentina.
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