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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Chilecito in Argentina


Earthquake location -28.9456S, -67.5309WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Chilecito in Argentina. Exact location of event, depth 169.88 km, -67.5309° West, -28.9456° South. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:27:06 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/18 / 2018-03-13 12:27:06 / March 13, 2018 @ 12:27 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 169.88 km (106 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us1000d3sw. Id of event: us1000d3sw.

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from La Rioja (c. 162 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Rioja, Arauco, Chilecito (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eight 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.

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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. 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: 24 km N of Chilecito, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.5309° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.9456° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 169.88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km N of Chilecito, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-13 12:27:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-20 11:50:58 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 2.407 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us1000d3sw Id of event.
Event Code 1000d3sw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d3sw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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