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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Belen in Argentina


Earthquake location -27.9525S, -66.6847WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Belen in Argentina on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:34:24 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.6847° West, -27.9525° South, depth 167.22 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bue9. Unique identifier: us2000bue9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/17 / 2017-11-25 23:34:24 / November 25, 2017 @ 11:34 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 167.22 km (104 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tinogasta, Arauco, Andalgalá (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop). Close 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 three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 47 km SE of Belen, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.6847° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9525° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 167.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km SE of Belen, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-25 23:34:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-26 00:17:31 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 3.165 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 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 us2000bue9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000bue9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bue9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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