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

Posted by admin on November 26, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -31.3044S, -68.633WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Albardon in Argentina on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us70006d9x. Event ids that are associated: us70006d9x. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 17:01:04 / November 26, 2019 @ 5:01 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:01:04 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.83 km (65 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.633 West, latitude -31.3044 South, depth = 104.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, Caucete, Nueve de Julio. Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 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: 17 km NW of Albardon, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.633° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3044° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 104.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km NW of Albardon, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-26 17:01:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-26 22:33:06 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 0.244 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us70006d9x Id of event.
Event Code 70006d9x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006d9x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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