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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Caucete in Argentina

Posted by admin on June 16, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -31.3935S, -67.8543WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Caucete in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 02:21:08 / June 16, 2018 @ 2:21 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.8543 West, latitude -31.3935 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000esyc. Id of event: us1000esyc. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:21:08 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Agustín de Valle Fértil, Pocito, San Juan.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km NE of Caucete, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8543° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3935° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km NE of Caucete, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-16 02:21:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-16 03:58:23 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 0.725 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us1000esyc Id of event.
Event Code 1000esyc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000esyc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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