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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near San Martín in Argentina


Earthquake location -33.6033S, -67.9272WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Martín in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 05:32:42 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 182.74 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 05:32:42 / December 20, 2024 @ 5:32 am. Exact location, longitude -67.9272° West, latitude -33.6033° South, depth = 182.74 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p08b. Unique identifier: us7000p08b.

Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Martín. The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km SE of San Martín, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9272° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.6033° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 182.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 km SE of San Martín, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-20 05:32:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-20 05:50:38 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.854 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us7000p08b Id of event.
Event Code 7000p08b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p08b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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