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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near San José de Jáchal in Argentina


Earthquake location -29.779S, -69.4465WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from San José de Jáchal in Argentina. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 22:10:04 / November 10, 2024 @ 10:10 pm. Exact location of event, depth 109.285 km, -69.4465° West, -29.779° South. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:10:04 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nr2d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nr2d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 109.285 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San José de Jáchal (min 5000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km NW of San José de Jáchal, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.4465° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.779° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.285 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km NW of San José de Jáchal, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-10 22:10:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 22:26:00 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 369 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.596 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us7000nr2d Id of event.
Event Code 7000nr2d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nr2d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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