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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Albardon in Argentina

Posted by admin on November 16, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -31.377S, -68.684WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Albardon in Argentina. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 13:03:17 / November 16, 2015 @ 1:03 pm. Id of earthquake: us10003ynf. Event ids that are associated: us10003ynf. The temblor was reported at 10:03:17 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.9 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.684° West, -31.377° South, depth 110.9 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calingasta, Caucete, Nueve de Julio. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 16 km WNW of Albardon, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.684° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.377° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km WNW of Albardon, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-16 13:03:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-16 20:06:08 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 199 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10003ynf Id of event.
Event Code 10003ynf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003ynf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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