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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Caimancito in Argentina

Posted by admin on March 25, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -23.6607S, -64.6206WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Caimancito in Argentina on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/02/20 / 2020-02-27 01:25:26 / February 27, 2020 @ 1:25 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us600089ji. Event ids that are associated: us600089ji. Exact location of earthquake, -64.6206° West, -23.6607° South, depth 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:25:26 / 10:25 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from San Salvador de Jujuy (c. 305 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (c. 74 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Pedro (c. 58 400 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Libertador General San Martín (c. 49 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Palpalá (c. 48 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Embarcación (c. 24 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Fraile Pintado (c. 13 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Salvador de Jujuy, Humahuaca, Palpalá. Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

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 two 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 earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NNW of Caimancito, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.6206° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.6607° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NNW of Caimancito, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-27 01:25:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-25 23:44:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 355 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 3.346 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us600089ji Id of event.
Event Code 600089ji An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600089ji, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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