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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Caucete in Argentina


Earthquake location -32.2965S, -67.6021WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 96 km SE of Caucete, Argentina (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.6021 West, latitude -32.2965 South, depth = 34.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:40:41 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 09:40:41 / December 16, 2016 @ 9:40 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000819b. Id of event: us2000819b. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.22 km (21 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 96 km SE of Caucete, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.6021° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.2965° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96km SE of Caucete, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-16 09:40:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-16 12:27:12 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 271 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 1.186 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000819b Id of event.
Event Code 2000819b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000819b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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