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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Mutquin in Argentina

Posted by admin on August 8, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -28.0164S, -66.4833WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Mutquin in Argentina. The epicenter was at a depth of 169.35 km (105 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.4833 West, latitude -28.0164 South, depth = 169.35 km. Event id: us100030eb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030eb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:49:39 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 08:49:39 / August 8, 2015 @ 8:49 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (c. 188 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Huillapima (c. 7 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from La Cocha (c. 7 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Los Altos (c. 6 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Capayán (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Altos, La Cocha, Capayán (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. 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: 47 km NW of Mutquin, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.4833° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.0164° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 169.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km NW of Mutquin, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-08 08:49:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-08 09:08:49 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 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 340 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 2.63 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us100030eb Id of event.
Event Code 100030eb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100030eb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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