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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Andalgalá in Argentina

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Earthquake location -27.9257S, -66.4767WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Andalgalá in Argentina. The temblor was picked up at 23:04:35 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.4767 West, latitude -27.9257 South, depth = 173.923 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 173.923 km (108 miles). Event id: us6000myuy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myuy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 23:04:35 / May 15, 2024 @ 11:04 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, La Cocha, Arauco (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (c. 188 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from La Cocha (c. 7 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km SSW of Andalgalá, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.4767° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9257° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 173.923 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SSW 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 2024-05-15 23:04:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 23:20:05 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 284 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.486 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us6000myuy Id of event.
Event Code 6000myuy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myuy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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