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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Vinchina in Argentina


Earthquake location -28.5632S, -69.0703WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 87 km WNW of Vinchina, Argentina (54 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:54 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.0703 West, latitude -28.5632 South, depth = 136.5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 18:55:54 / June 9, 2020 @ 6:55 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000a8s7. Event ids that are associated: us6000a8s7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 136.5 km (85 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 87 km WNW of Vinchina, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.0703° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.5632° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km WNW of Vinchina, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-09 18:55:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-09 21:30:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 1.091 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us6000a8s7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a8s7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a8s7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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