Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Londres in Argentina

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Londres in Argentina. Unique identifier: us6000njlj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000njlj. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/24 / 2024-08-12 14:33:59 / August 12, 2024 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156.738 km (97 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7293° West, -27.8871° South, depth 156.738 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:33:59 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fiambalá, Tinogasta, Arauco.

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.7293° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-27.8871° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	156.738 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44 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	2024-08-12 14:33:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-12 16:03:42	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	340	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	55	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.26	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	us6000njlj	Id of event.
Event Code	6000njlj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000njlj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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