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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Chepes in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.3374S, -67.3962WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Chepes in Argentina on Friday. Event id: us70009n0t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009n0t. The temblor was reported at 01:52:50 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.3962° West, latitude -31.3374° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/20 / 2020-05-22 04:52:50 / May 22, 2020 @ 4:52 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caucete, San Agustín de Valle Fértil (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Agustín de Valle Fértil (c. 6 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km W of Chepes, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3962° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3374° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km W of Chepes, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-22 04:52:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-22 05:27:48 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 340 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 1.12 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us70009n0t Id of event.
Event Code 70009n0t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009n0t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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