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Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag has occurred near Villa La Angostura in Argentina

Posted by admin on September 26, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -40.8003S, -72.1521WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Villa La Angostura in Argentina. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005lt4. Id of event: us70005lt4. Exact location of event, longitude -72.1521 West, latitude -40.8003 South, depth = 129.63 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:36:18 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 129.63 km (81 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 16:36:18 / September 26, 2019 @ 4:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Montt, San Martín de los Andes, La Unión (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Puerto Montt (c. 160 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Osorno (c. 135 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Carlos de Bariloche (c. 95 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Puerto Varas (c. 25 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Martín de los Andes (c. 23 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Frutillar (c. 16 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Río Bueno (c. 15 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km W of Villa La Angostura, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.1521° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -40.8003° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km W of Villa La Angostura, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-26 16:36:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-26 16:57:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.221 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 576 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 0.387 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 66 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70005lt4 Id of event.
Event Code 70005lt4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005lt4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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