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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag has occurred near Chilecito in Argentina


Earthquake location -28.9232S, -67.4908WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Chilecito in Argentina. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.59 km (63 miles). The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:01:00 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100077ap. Unique identifier: us100077ap. Exact location of event, depth 100.59 km, -67.4908° West, -28.9232° South. Global time and date of event 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 14:01:00 / November 13, 2016 @ 2:01 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tinogasta, La Rioja, Arauco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from La Rioja (c. 162 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 26 km N of Chilecito, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4908° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.9232° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km N of Chilecito, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-13 14:01:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-13 14:22:38 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 4.71 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 591 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 2.442 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100077ap Id of event.
Event Code 100077ap An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100077ap, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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