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Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake has struck near Abra Pampa in Argentina

Posted by admin on October 31, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.5515S, -66.262WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. The temblor was picked up at 04:38:34 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 259.93 km (162 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 07:38:34 / October 31, 2016 @ 7:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.262° West, -22.5515° South, depth 259.93 km. Event id: us1000737f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000737f.

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa. Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-four 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. 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: 61 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.5515° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 259.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-31 07:38:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-31 11:03:32 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 234 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 1.813 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000737f Id of event.
Event Code 1000737f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000737f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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