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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Andalgala in Argentina

Posted by admin on January 19, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -27.9426S, -66.5166WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Andalgala in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.44 km (93 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.5166° West, -27.9426° South, depth 150.44 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/18 / 2018-01-19 12:12:59 / January 19, 2018 @ 12:12 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cl4g. Id of event: us2000cl4g. The temblor was picked up at 09:12:59 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Arauco, Andalgalá (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (c. 188 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 44 km SSW of Andalgala, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5166° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9426° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 150.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SSW of Andalgala, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-19 12:12:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-19 13:52:33 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 271 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 3.312 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us2000cl4g Id of event.
Event Code 2000cl4g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cl4g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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