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Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake has struck near Mendoza in Argentina


Earthquake location -32.7732S, -68.6883WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Mendoza in Argentina. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6883 West, latitude -32.7732 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 27/06/20 / 2020-06-27 14:12:07 / June 27, 2020 @ 2:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:12:07 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000ad2b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ad2b.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Martín, Mendoza (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km NE of Mendoza, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6883° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.7732° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 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 2020-06-27 14:12:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-28 21:29:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 178 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.224 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 232 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ad2b Id of event.
Event Code 7000ad2b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ad2b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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