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Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag was detected near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina

Posted by admin on January 10, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location -24.02S, -66.6723WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 42 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (26 miles). Global time and date of event 10/01/21 / 2021-01-10 03:54:12 / January 10, 2021 @ 3:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6723 West, latitude -24.02 South, depth = 202.77 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.77 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:54:12 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d74p. Unique identifier: us6000d74p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6723° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.02° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 202.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km WNW 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 2021-01-10 03:54:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-10 04:21:05 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 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.779 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 573 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 1.744 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000d74p Id of event.
Event Code 6000d74p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d74p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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