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Strong earthquake 6.7 mag, 93 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina


Earthquake location -23.1229S, -66.5989WA earthquake magnitude 6.7 (mg/mb) has striked on Wednesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from El Aguilar in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 03:57:18 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 190.84 km (119 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-11 06:57:18 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near El Aguilar in Argentina, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -66.5989 West, latitude -23.1229 South, depth 190.84 km.

Close countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 128 km (80 miles) from Humahuaca (c. 11 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Humahuaca, Abra Pampa.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5989° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.1229° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 190.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93km W of El Aguilar, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-11 18:57:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-11 19:16:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.16 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 1 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 696 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 atptus 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 2.192 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000tp1s Id of event.
Event Code c000tp1s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS at00njmfbjpt15042001usc000tp1s A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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