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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 53 km ESE of Londres, Argentina


Earthquake location -27.9608S, -66.6677WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Londres in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:44:31 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzxz. Unique identifier: us7000mzxz. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 03:44:31 / July 18, 2024 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6677 West, latitude -27.9608 South, depth = 195.581 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 195.581 km (122 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Arauco, Andalgalá (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 53 km ESE of Londres, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6677° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9608° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 195.581 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 km ESE of Londres, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-18 03:44:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-02 01:59:01 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 298 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.181 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us7000mzxz Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzxz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzxz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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