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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Serrezuela in Argentina


Earthquake location -30.7885S, -65.2475WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Serrezuela in Argentina on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 01:52:07 / May 13, 2018 @ 1:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:52:07 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.2475 West, latitude -30.7885 South, depth = 180.3 km. Id of earthquake: us1000e3wk. Event ids that are associated: us1000e3wk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 180.3 km (112 miles).

Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Cruz del Eje (c. 28 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cosquín (c. 19 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from La Falda (c. 15 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Capilla del Monte (c. 9 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Villa de Soto (c. 7 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from La Cumbre (c. 7 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cosquín, Valle Hermoso, La Falda (min 5000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SE of Serrezuela, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.2475° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.7885° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SE of Serrezuela, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-13 01:52:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-13 02:12:07 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 298 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 3.04 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us1000e3wk Id of event.
Event Code 1000e3wk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e3wk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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