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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 4 km W of Villa Tulumba, Argentina

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Earthquake location -30.3976S, -64.1739WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Villa Tulumba in Argentina. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.83 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:35:05 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 05:35:05 / December 27, 2016 @ 5:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -64.1739° West, latitude -30.3976° South, depth = 35.83 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007mz8. Unique identifier: us10007mz8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz del Eje (c. 28 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Jesús María (c. 26 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Deán Funes (c. 20 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Río Ceballos (c. 16 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from La Falda (c. 15 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Capilla del Monte (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Ceballos, Valle Hermoso, Salsipuedes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 4 km W of Villa Tulumba, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.1739° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.3976° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km W of Villa Tulumba, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-27 05:35:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-03 00:53:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 286 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 4.039 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us10007mz8 Id of event.
Event Code 10007mz8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007mz8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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