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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 41 km NNW of Zonda, Argentina

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Zonda in Argentina on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000esxu. Id of event: us1000esxu. Exact location of event, depth 106.91 km, -68.9536° West, -31.2251° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 01:01:08 / June 16, 2018 @ 1:01 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 106.91 km (66 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:01:08 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caucete, Nueve de Julio, Pocito.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km NNW of Zonda, Argentina.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.9536° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-31.2251° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	106.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41km NNW of Zonda, 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 01:01:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-16 01:22:27	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	326	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	0.393	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	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	us1000esxu	Id of event.
Event Code	1000esxu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000esxu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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