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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near La Quiaca in Argentina


Earthquake location -22.2935S, -65.9607WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from La Quiaca in Argentina on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -65.9607° West, -22.2935° South, depth 267.235 km. Global time and date of event 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 06:55:16 / August 21, 2024 @ 6:55 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:55:16 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 267.235 km (166 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000n8ey. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8ey.

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tupiza, Abra Pampa, Villazón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. 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: 43 km WSW of La Quiaca, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.9607° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.2935° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 267.235 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km WSW of La Quiaca, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-21 06:55:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 07:08:29 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 465 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.152 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n8ey Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8ey An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8ey, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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