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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina

Posted by admin on October 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -24.1135S, -67.112WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 81 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (50 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.112 West, latitude -24.1135 South, depth = 187.553 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:49:56 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nx0r. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nx0r. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 05:49:56 / October 7, 2024 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.553 km (117 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 81 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.112° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.1135° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 187.553 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-07 05:49:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-07 06:21:37 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.485 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us6000nx0r Id of event.
Event Code 6000nx0r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nx0r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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