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


Earthquake location -24.0587S, -66.792WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 51 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (32 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 199.961 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 199.961 km, -66.792° West, -24.0587° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 07:53:13 / July 20, 2024 @ 7:53 am. The temblor was reported at 07:53:13 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0fx. Id of event: us7000n0fx.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km WNW 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 -66.792° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.0587° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.961 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km WNW 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 2024-07-20 07:53:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-20 08:08:54 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.683 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us7000n0fx Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0fx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0fx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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