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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near San Jose de Jachal in Argentina


Earthquake location -29.7226S, -68.5536WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from San Jose de Jachal in Argentina. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e956. Id of event: us1000e956. The temblor was detected at 22:03:59 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.69 km (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 01:03:59 / May 21, 2018 @ 1:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 102.69 km, -68.5536° West, -29.7226° South.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José de Jáchal.

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 60 km NNE of San Jose de Jachal, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5536° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.7226° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km NNE of San Jose de Jachal, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-21 01:03:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-21 01:24:28 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 1.743 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us1000e956 Id of event.
Event Code 1000e956 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e956, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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