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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Abra Pampa in Argentina

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Earthquake location -22.3944S, -66.0981WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.0981° West, -22.3944° South, depth 269.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000hh3i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hh3i. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 14:02:18 / September 19, 2018 @ 2:02 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:02:18 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 269.67 km (168 miles).

Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 54 km NW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.0981° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.3944° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 269.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km NW of Abra Pampa, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-19 14:02:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-20 07:08:11 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 312 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 2 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us2000hh3i Id of event.
Event Code 2000hh3i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hh3i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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