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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Calingasta in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.5855S, -69.1861WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 153.843 km (96 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.1861 West, latitude -31.5855 South, depth = 153.843 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000npa5. Unique identifier: us7000npa5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:05:29 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/11/24 / 2024-11-01 01:05:29 / November 1, 2024 @ 1:05 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caucete, Nueve de Julio, San Martín. Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 35 km SE of Calingasta, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.1861° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.5855° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 153.843 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SE of Calingasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-01 01:05:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-01 04:25:55 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 284 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.487 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000npa5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000npa5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npa5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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