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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near La Puerta de San Jose in Argentina


Earthquake location -27.359S, -67.2802WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from La Puerta de San Jose in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:45:21 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.2802 West, latitude -27.359 South, depth = 124.13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 12:45:21 / June 20, 2016 @ 12:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124.13 km (77 miles). Id of earthquake: us200065hj. Event ids that are associated: us200065hj.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Fiambalá (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 33 km NW of La Puerta de San Jose, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.2802° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.359° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km NW of La Puerta de San Jose, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-20 12:45:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-04 08:20:43 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 1.729 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us200065hj Id of event.
Event Code 200065hj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200065hj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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