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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Abra Pampa in Argentina


Earthquake location -22.5617S, -66.209WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 06:01:57 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 09:01:57 / July 4, 2019 @ 9:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 250.81 km (156 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.209 West, latitude -22.5617 South, depth = 250.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us700049ui. Unique identifier: us700049ui.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villazón, La Quiaca, Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).

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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 55 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.209° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.5617° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 250.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km WNW 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 2019-07-04 09:01:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-04 09:19:54 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 1.859 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us700049ui Id of event.
Event Code 700049ui An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700049ui, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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