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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Albardón in Argentina

Posted by admin on October 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.8936S, -68.7474WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Albardón in Argentina. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7474 West, latitude -30.8936 South, depth = 107.654 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 22:59:40 / October 20, 2024 @ 10:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:59:40 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.654 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzxj. Id of event: us6000nzxj.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caucete, Nueve de Julio, Pocito (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km NNW of Albardón, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7474° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.8936° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.654 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km NNW 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 2024-10-20 22:59:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-20 23:09:16 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 4.145 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 500 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.652 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us6000nzxj Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzxj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzxj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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