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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Salsacate in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.363S, -65.6286WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Salsacate in Argentina. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:58:45 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/24 / 2024-09-24 00:58:45 / September 24, 2024 @ 12:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -65.6286° West, -31.363° South, depth 145.195 km. Id of earthquake: us6000ntzv. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntzv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.195 km (90 miles).

Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Villa Dolores (c. 28 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Villa de Soto (c. 7 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mina Clavero (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa de Soto, Villa Dolores, Mina Clavero.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km W of Salsacate, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.6286° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.363° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.195 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km W of Salsacate, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-24 00:58:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-24 01:16:54 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 385 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 90 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.618 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ntzv Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntzv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntzv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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