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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 18 km W of Fiambalá, Argentina


Earthquake location -27.6599S, -67.8086WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Fiambalá in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 07:52:08 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 07:52:08 / May 25, 2024 @ 7:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -67.8086° West, latitude -27.6599° South, depth = 140.604 km. Event id: us6000n0x6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0x6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 140.604 km (87 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Fiambalá (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.

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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: 18 km W of Fiambalá, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8086° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.6599° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140.604 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km W of Fiambalá, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-25 07:52:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-25 08:30:43 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 312 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.281 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 110 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 us6000n0x6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0x6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0x6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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