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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Albardón in Argentina

Posted by admin on September 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -31.3097S, -68.686WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Albardón in Argentina on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000nteb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nteb. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.782 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:11:44 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 108.782 km, -68.686° West, -31.3097° South. Global time and date of event 20/09/24 / 2024-09-20 23:11:44 / September 20, 2024 @ 11:11 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, Caucete, Nueve de Julio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

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. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km NW of Albardón, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.686° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3097° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.782 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km NW of Albardón, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-20 23:11:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-20 23:32:56 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 326 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 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.235 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us6000nteb Id of event.
Event Code 6000nteb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nteb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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