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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 48 km WSW of Calingasta, Argentina

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Earthquake location -31.5506S, -69.87WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:39:07 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 143.544 km (89 miles). Event id: us7000pm6a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pm6a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 06:39:07 / March 24, 2025 @ 6:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, -69.87° West, -31.5506° South, depth 143.544 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calingasta (min 5000 pop).

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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km WSW of Calingasta, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.87° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.5506° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.544 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km WSW of Calingasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-24 06:39:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-25 06:29:04 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.998 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us7000pm6a Id of event.
Event Code 7000pm6a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pm6a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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