Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Albardón in Argentina

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Albardón in Argentina. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:28:45 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.079 km (71 miles). Exact location, longitude -68.6232° West, latitude -31.2702° South, depth = 114.079 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 04:28:45 / April 25, 2024 @ 4:28 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mtli. Id of event: us6000mtli.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, Caucete, Nueve de Julio.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km NNW of Albardón, Argentina.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6232° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-31.2702° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	114.079 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km NNW of Albardón, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-04-25 04:28:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-26 00:03:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	298	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.279	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	82	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	us6000mtli	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mtli	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mtli,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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