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Light earthquake 4 mag, Catamarca, Argentina


Earthquake location -27.9112S, -67.1016WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Catamarca, Argentina kilometers (0 miles) from Catamarca, Argentina. Unique identifier: us20008upc. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008upc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/03/17 / 2017-03-25 21:50:21 / March 25, 2017 @ 9:50 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:50:21 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -67.1016° West, latitude -27.9112° South, depth = 174.24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 174.24 km (108 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Andalgalá, Arauco, Fiambalá (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: Catamarca, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1016° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9112° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 174.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Catamarca, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-25 21:50:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-07 00:30:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 246 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 2.098 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us20008upc Id of event.
Event Code 20008upc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008upc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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