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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina

Posted by admin on April 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -24.0201S, -66.6286WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 38 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (24 miles) on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:31 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 04:02:31 / April 5, 2025 @ 4:02 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 202.772 km (126 miles). Event id: us6000q46n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q46n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6286 West, latitude -24.0201 South, depth = 202.772 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, 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 -66.6286° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.0201° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 202.772 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km NW 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 2025-04-05 04:02:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-05 22:58:41 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.777 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000q46n Id of event.
Event Code 6000q46n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q46n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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