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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Calingasta in Argentina

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 113.78 km (71 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:29:35 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/02/16 / 2016-02-17 00:29:35 / February 17, 2016 @ 12:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us200050pr. Event ids that are associated: us200050pr. Exact location of event, longitude -69.2902 West, latitude -31.4449 South, depth = 113.78 km.

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueve de Julio, Santa Lucía, San Martín (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SE of Calingasta, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.2902° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-31.4449° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	113.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km SE of Calingasta, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-02-17 00:29:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-02-17 00:58:10	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	271	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	0.527	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	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	us200050pr	Id of event.
Event Code	200050pr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200050pr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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