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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina

Posted by admin on October 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -24.3221S, -67.0919WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 79 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (49 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:36:00 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 22:36:00 / October 23, 2024 @ 10:36 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.0919 West, latitude -24.3221 South, depth = 180.323 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 180.323 km (112 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmrh. Id of event: us7000nmrh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0919° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.3221° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180.323 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 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 2024-10-23 22:36:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-23 22:59:46 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 312 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.689 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us7000nmrh Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmrh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmrh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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