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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Andalgalá in Argentina

Posted by admin on October 9, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -27.8873S, -66.3767WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Andalgalá in Argentina on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 152.19 km, -66.3767° West, -27.8873° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c701. Id of event: us6000c701. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 152.19 km (95 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/20 / 2020-10-09 08:55:50 / October 9, 2020 @ 8:55 am. The temblor was detected at 08:55:50 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (c. 188 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Aguilares (c. 32 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Huillapima (c. 7 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Cocha (c. 7 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Los Altos (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Capayán, Huillapima, Graneros (min 5000 pop). 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 34 km S of Andalgalá, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.3767° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.8873° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 152.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km S of Andalgalá, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-09 08:55:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-09 09:12:12 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 385 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 2.662 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000c701 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c701 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c701, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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