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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Trancas in Argentina


Earthquake location -26.369S, -65.229WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Trancas in Argentina. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 16:44:58 / July 29, 2016 @ 4:44 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.79 km (39 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:44:58 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.229° West, latitude -26.369° South, depth = 62.79 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100068ew. Unique identifier: us100068ew. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monteros, Cafayate, Famaillá (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from San Miguel de Tucumán (c. 781 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Yerba Buena (c. 50 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tafí Viejo (c. 48 500 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Alderetes (c. 38 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Famaillá (c. 31 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Monteros (c. 23 800 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SSE of Trancas, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.229° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -26.369° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km SSE of Trancas, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-29 16:44:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-28 16:06:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 3.523 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 83 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 us100068ew Id of event.
Event Code 100068ew An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100068ew, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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