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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 54 km SSE of Chicoana, Argentina

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Chicoana in Argentina. Exact location of event, depth 125.08 km, -65.4254° West, -25.5795° South. Unique identifier: us2000br0c. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000br0c. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:01:41 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 125.08 km (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 15:01:41 / November 18, 2017 @ 3:01 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salta, El Galpón, Cafayate (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Salta (c. 512 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cafayate (c. 11 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from El Carril (c. 9 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Chicoana (c. 8 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from El Galpón (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Trancas (c. 6 700 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km SSE of Chicoana, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.4254° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-25.5795° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	125.08 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54km SSE of Chicoana, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-18 15:01:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-18 15:30:56	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	284	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	3.627	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	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	us2000br0c	Id of event.
Event Code	2000br0c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000br0c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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