Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Vinchina in Argentina

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km WSW of Vinchina, Argentina (75 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.3253 West, latitude -29.2344 South, depth = 110.4 km. Global time and date of event 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 09:42:13 / May 15, 2016 @ 9:42 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:42:13 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10005hj6. Event ids that are associated: us10005hj6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.4 km (69 miles).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km WSW of Vinchina, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.3253° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-29.2344° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	110.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	121km WSW of Vinchina, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-15 09:42:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-15 10:02:24	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	0.998	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46	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	us10005hj6	Id of event.
Event Code	10005hj6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005hj6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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