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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Tafí del Valle in Argentina

Posted by admin on July 26, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -27.0435S, -65.8451WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Tafí del Valle in Argentina. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:44:17 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.8451° West, latitude -27.0435° South, depth = 49.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000b49b. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b49b. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 04:44:17 / July 26, 2020 @ 4:44 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.6 km (31 miles).

Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Cocha, Graneros, Andalgalá. The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Miguel de Tucumán (c. 781 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yerba Buena (c. 50 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tafí Viejo (c. 48 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alderetes (c. 38 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Aguilares (c. 32 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Famaillá (c. 31 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Monteros (c. 23 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km SSW of Tafí del Valle, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.8451° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.0435° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km SSW of Tafí del Valle, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-26 04:44:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-26 05:21:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 2.938 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000b49b Id of event.
Event Code 6000b49b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b49b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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