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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Palma Sola in Argentina

Posted by admin on October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -23.9455S, -64.2139WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Palma Sola in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 15:48:13 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nyme. Id of event: us6000nyme. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 15:48:13 / October 14, 2024 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.852 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.2139 West, latitude -23.9455 South, depth = 16.852 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (c. 74 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Pedro (c. 58 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Libertador General San Martín (c. 49 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Embarcación (c. 24 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Fraile Pintado (c. 13 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Las Lajitas (c. 9 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Apolinario Saravia (c. 8 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Embarcación, Las Lajitas (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 was reported nearby.

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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: 9 km ENE of Palma Sola, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.2139° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.9455° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.852 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km ENE of Palma Sola, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-14 15:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 16:29:02 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.077 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us6000nyme Id of event.
Event Code 6000nyme An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nyme, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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