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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Andalgalá in Argentina

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Earthquake location -27.778S, -66.6463WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Andalgalá in Argentina on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us6000pyh5. Event ids that are associated: us6000pyh5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175.514 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:53:34 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/03/25 / 2025-03-12 23:53:34 / March 12, 2025 @ 11:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6463 West, latitude -27.778 South, depth = 175.514 km.

The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Andalgalá.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 39 km WSW of Andalgalá, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6463° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.778° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 175.514 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km WSW of Andalgalá, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-12 23:53:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-13 00:45:06 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 271 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.318 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000pyh5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pyh5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pyh5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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