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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Tinogasta in Argentina


Earthquake location -28.3422S, -67.5146WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Tinogasta in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004f06. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004f06. Exact location of event, depth 130.67 km, -67.5146° West, -28.3422° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 130.67 km (81 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:37:13 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/01/16 / 2016-01-16 03:37:13 / January 16, 2016 @ 3:37 am UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chilecito, Arauco, Fiambalá (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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km S of Tinogasta, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.5146° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.3422° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km S of Tinogasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-16 03:37:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-16 03:58:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 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 312 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 2.075 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us10004f06 Id of event.
Event Code 10004f06 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004f06, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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