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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near El Bolsón in Argentina


Earthquake location -41.9149S, -71.5073WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from El Bolsón in Argentina on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000n1hh. Event ids that are associated: us6000n1hh. The temblor was detected at 14:20:09 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 14:20:09 / May 28, 2024 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 201.359 km (125 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5073 West, latitude -41.9149 South, depth = 201.359 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San Carlos de Bariloche (c. 95 400 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from El Bolsón (c. 15 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Carlos de Bariloche, El Bolsón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km NNE of El Bolsón, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5073° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -41.9149° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 201.359 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NNE of El Bolsón, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-28 14:20:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 16:20:29 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 271 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 1.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us6000n1hh Id of event.
Event Code 6000n1hh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n1hh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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