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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Villa Basilio Nievas in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.4303S, -68.8447WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Villa Basilio Nievas in Argentina. Id of earthquake: us7000nq1h. Event ids that are associated: us7000nq1h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:14:24 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.8447° West, latitude -31.4303° South, depth = 114.408 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 114.408 km (71 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/11/24 / 2024-11-05 10:14:24 / November 5, 2024 @ 10:14 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caucete, Calingasta, Nueve de Julio.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km NW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8447° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.4303° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.408 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km NW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-05 10:14:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-06 09:55:04 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 298 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.179 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us7000nq1h Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq1h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq1h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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