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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 44 km SE of Belen, Argentina


Earthquake location -27.8739S, -66.6559WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (mg/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Belen in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 01:32:18 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 151.86 km (94 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-15 04:32:18 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6559 West, latitude -27.8739 South, depth 151.86 km.

Close countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fiambalá, Tinogasta, Arauco.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6559° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.8739° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SE of Belen, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-15 16:32:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-15 18:35:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 354 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 2.431 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 usc000tg3g Id of event.
Event Code c000tg3g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tg3g A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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