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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Calingasta in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.5726S, -69.6614WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us700062ry. Event ids that are associated: us700062ry. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.22 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:20:13 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/11/19 / 2019-11-04 02:20:13 / November 4, 2019 @ 2:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.6614 West, latitude -31.5726 South, depth = 112.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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: 36 km SW of Calingasta, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.6614° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.5726° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km SW of Calingasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-04 02:20:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-13 02:21:26 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 246 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 0.834 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us700062ry Id of event.
Event Code 700062ry An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700062ry, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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