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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 58 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina


Earthquake location -22.6652S, -66.2635WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina on Monday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:04:02 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.2635° West, latitude -22.6652° South, depth = 254.12 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008v0j. Id of event: us20008v0j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 254.12 km (158 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/03/17 / 2017-03-27 15:04:02 / March 27, 2017 @ 3:04 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Quiaca, Abra Pampa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.2635° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.6652° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 254.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-27 15:04:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-27 16:08:29 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 284 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 2.446 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us20008v0j Id of event.
Event Code 20008v0j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008v0j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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