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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Anelo in Argentina

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Anelo in Argentina on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2679 West, latitude -38.2792 South, depth = 18.61 km. Global time and date of event 26/09/17 / 2017-09-26 01:04:29 / September 26, 2017 @ 1:04 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:04:29 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000avl1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000avl1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.61 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Neuquén (c. 242 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cipolletti (c. 75 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Centenario (c. 29 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Allen (c. 26 100 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Plottier (c. 25 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cinco Saltos (c. 19 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Allen, Senillosa, General Fernández Oro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.2679° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-38.2792° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.61 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46km E of Anelo, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-26 01:04:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-27 22:03:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	259	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	2.818	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	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	us2000avl1	Id of event.
Event Code	2000avl1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000avl1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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