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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina


Earthquake location -24.1758S, -67.3795WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 107 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (66 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 188.61 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000c6m9. Event ids that are associated: us7000c6m9. Exact location of event, longitude -67.3795 West, latitude -24.1758 South, depth = 188.61 km. The temblor was reported at 05:49:17 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 05:49:17 / October 28, 2020 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 107 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.3795° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.1758° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 188.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 107 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-28 05:49:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-28 06:09:27 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 326 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 1.421 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us7000c6m9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000c6m9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c6m9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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