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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Andalgala in Argentina


Earthquake location -27.9223S, -66.5219WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Andalgala in Argentina. Exact location of earthquake, -66.5219° West, -27.9223° South, depth 157.09 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 19:03:32 / May 10, 2017 @ 7:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 157.09 km (98 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008r7s. Unique identifier: us10008r7s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:03:32 / 4:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (c. 188 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from La Cocha (c. 7 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Los Altos (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Altos, La Cocha, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 42 km SSW of Andalgala, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5219° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9223° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 157.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km SSW of Andalgala, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-10 19:03:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-16 20:18:50 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 354 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 2.559 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us10008r7s Id of event.
Event Code 10008r7s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008r7s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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