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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 25 km SSE of Tinogasta, Argentina

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Earthquake location -28.2771S, -67.4825WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Tinogasta in Argentina on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.72 km (74 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:01:36 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us60004wzk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004wzk. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/19 / 2019-07-29 10:01:36 / July 29, 2019 @ 10:01 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4825 West, latitude -28.2771 South, depth = 119.72 km.

Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Fiambalá, Tinogasta (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen 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. 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 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: 25 km SSE of Tinogasta, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4825° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.2771° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 119.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km SSE of Tinogasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-29 10:01:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-29 11:16:32 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 2.049 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 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 us60004wzk Id of event.
Event Code 60004wzk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60004wzk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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