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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near El Galpon in Argentina


Earthquake location -25.8322S, -64.6592WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from El Galpon in Argentina on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -64.6592° West, latitude -25.8322° South, depth = 28.86 km. Event id: us20003gu0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gu0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.86 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 22:13:50 / September 5, 2015 @ 10:13 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:13:50 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Joaquín V. González (c. 19 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from El Quebrachal (c. 10 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from El Galpón (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Trancas (c. 6 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Joaquín V. González, El Quebrachal, Trancas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km S of El Galpon, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6592° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -25.8322° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km S of El Galpon, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-05 22:13:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-05 22:32:17 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 416 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 4.134 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us20003gu0 Id of event.
Event Code 20003gu0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003gu0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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