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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 74 km NNW of San José de Jáchal, Argentina

Posted by admin on August 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -29.6139S, -69.0261WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San José de Jáchal in Argentina. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:18:34 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 19:18:34 / August 2, 2024 @ 7:18 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -69.0261 West, latitude -29.6139 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000nhnq. Event ids that are associated: us6000nhnq.

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 San José de Jáchal. Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km NNW of San José de Jáchal, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.0261° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.6139° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km NNW of San José de Jáchal, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-02 19:18:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-03 18:34:47 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.996 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us6000nhnq Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhnq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhnq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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