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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Serrezuela in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.0072S, -65.5757WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Serrezuela in Argentina on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aqwn. Id of event: us1000aqwn. The temblor was detected at 15:59:08 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.5757 West, latitude -31.0072 South, depth = 156.87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156.87 km (97 miles). Global time and date of event 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 18:59:08 / October 12, 2017 @ 6:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villa Carlos Paz, Villa Dolores, Cosquín. Event epicenter was 112 km (70 miles) from Villa Carlos Paz (c. 69 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cruz del Eje (c. 28 200 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Villa Dolores (c. 28 000 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Cosquín (c. 19 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from La Falda (c. 15 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Chamical (c. 13 400 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Capilla del Monte (c. 9 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Villa de Soto (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).

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 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SSW of Serrezuela, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.5757° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.0072° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 156.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SSW of Serrezuela, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-12 18:59:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-12 19:22:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.67 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 468 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 2.715 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000aqwn Id of event.
Event Code 1000aqwn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000aqwn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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