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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Abra Pampa in Argentina


Earthquake location -22.9806S, -66.4858WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:18:57 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 231.3 km, -66.4858° West, -22.9806° South. Event id: us100034p3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034p3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 08:18:57 / August 25, 2015 @ 8:18 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 231.3 km (144 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.4858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.9806° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 231.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-25 08:18:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-13 06:29:44 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 298 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 1.56 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us100034p3 Id of event.
Event Code 100034p3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100034p3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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