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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Villa La Angostura in Argentina

Posted by admin on March 7, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -40.4352S, -71.9032WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Villa La Angostura in Argentina on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -71.9032° West, latitude -40.4352° South, depth = 141.93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.93 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000877d. Event ids that are associated: us1000877d. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/17 / 2017-03-06 02:56:22 / March 6, 2017 @ 2:56 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:56:22 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Panguipulli, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Bueno. Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from San Carlos de Bariloche (c. 95 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Martín de los Andes (c. 23 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Panguipulli (c. 16 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Río Bueno (c. 15 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Junín de los Andes (c. 10 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Villa La Angostura (c. 7 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 42 km NNW of Villa La Angostura, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9032° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -40.4352° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km NNW of Villa La Angostura, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-06 02:56:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-07 00:47:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 326 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 0.61 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us1000877d Id of event.
Event Code 1000877d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000877d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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