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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Abra Pampa in Argentina


Earthquake location -22.8733S, -66.1072WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. Global time and date of event 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 19:28:46 / December 6, 2024 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:28:46 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nwpl. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwpl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.1072 West, latitude -22.8733 South, depth = 269.883 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 269.883 km (168 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Humahuaca, Abra Pampa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Humahuaca (c. 11 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 45 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.1072° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.8733° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 269.883 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-06 19:28:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 22:45:49 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.912 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us7000nwpl Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwpl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwpl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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