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Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Villa Berna in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.905S, -64.8168WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Villa Berna in Argentina on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 04:17:15 / June 26, 2016 @ 4:17 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:17:15 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 72.89 km, -64.8168° West, -31.905° South. Event id: us200067ct. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067ct. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.89 km (45 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Córdoba (c. 1 428 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Villa Carlos Paz (c. 69 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Río Tercero (c. 53 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Alta Gracia (c. 40 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Villa Dolores (c. 28 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Córdoba, Cosquín, La Calera (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km W of Villa Berna, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.8168° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.905° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km W of Villa Berna, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-26 04:17:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-27 23:41:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 169 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 3.314 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200067ct Id of event.
Event Code 200067ct An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200067ct, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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