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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 43 km WNW of Arauco, Argentina


Earthquake location -28.4568S, -67.2142WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Arauco in Argentina. The temblor was picked up at 13:57:48 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/06/24 / 2024-06-19 13:57:48 / June 19, 2024 @ 1:57 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000mtf2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtf2. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2142° West, -28.4568° South, depth 133.306 km. 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 133.306 km (83 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chilecito, Tinogasta, Arauco. Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km WNW of Arauco, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.2142° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.4568° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.306 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km WNW of Arauco, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-19 13:57:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-26 13:51:31 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.805 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 78 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 us7000mtf2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtf2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtf2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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