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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina


Earthquake location -23.7258S, -67.1599WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 101 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (63 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:54:26 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -67.1599 West, latitude -23.7258 South, depth = 176.552 km. Unique identifier: us7000nvmq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvmq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 176.552 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 14:54:26 / December 3, 2024 @ 2:54 pm UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 101 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.1599° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.7258° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 176.552 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101 km WNW 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 2024-12-03 14:54:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 15:13:34 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 354 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 113 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us7000nvmq Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvmq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvmq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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