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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near San Martín in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.2589S, -68.2831WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from San Martín in Argentina. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:13:04 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.2831° West, latitude -31.2589° South, depth = 115.414 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 115.414 km (72 miles). 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: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 00:13:04 / August 14, 2024 @ 12:13 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njy7. Id of event: us6000njy7.

Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pocito, Nueve de Julio, Caucete. Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NE of San Martín, Argentina. This information 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 -68.2831° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.2589° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.414 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NE of San Martín, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-14 00:13:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 01:55:05 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.017 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 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 us6000njy7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000njy7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njy7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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