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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina


Earthquake location -24.2084S, -66.7989WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 48 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7989 West, latitude -24.2084 South, depth = 196.5 km. The temblor was detected at 17:33:53 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/17 / 2017-09-04 20:33:53 / September 4, 2017 @ 8:33 pm. Event id: us2000afmy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000afmy. The epicenter was at a depth of 196.5 km (122 miles).

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 eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 48 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.7989° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.2084° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 196.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-04 20:33:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-04 21:27:42 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 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 1.779 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000afmy Id of event.
Event Code 2000afmy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000afmy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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