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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina


Earthquake location -23.5057S, -66.5606WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 82 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (51 miles). Exact location of event, depth 219.889 km, -66.5606° West, -23.5057° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:38:39 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000n800. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n800. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 219.889 km (137 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 20:38:39 / June 24, 2024 @ 8:38 pm UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 82 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5606° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.5057° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 219.889 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km NNW 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 2024-06-24 20:38:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-24 21:02:30 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 326 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 1.587 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us6000n800 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n800 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n800, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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