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Strong earthquake: M6.3 quake strikes near La Punta in Argentina


Earthquake location -32.7149S, -67.0615WA earthquake magnitude 6.3 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from La Punta in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 07:49:48 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 172.29 km (107 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-02 10:49:48 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -67.0615 West, latitude -32.7149 South, depth 172.29 km.

Close countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from San Luis (c. 184 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Punta (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Luis, La Punta.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0615° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.7149° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 172.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km NW of La Punta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-02 10:49:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-02 11:10:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 17 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.73 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 618 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.804 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000tkwv Id of event.
Event Code c000tkwv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tkwv A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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