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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Tinogasta in Argentina


Earthquake location -28.2156S, -67.5185WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tinogasta in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 07:56:50 / July 13, 2018 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:56:50 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000g3sg. Event ids that are associated: us2000g3sg. Exact location of event, depth 112.93 km, -67.5185° West, -28.2156° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.93 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Fiambalá, Tinogasta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Tinogasta (c. 14 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Fiambalá (c. 8 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 17 km SSE of Tinogasta, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.5185° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.2156° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km SSE of Tinogasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-13 07:56:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-13 08:42:41 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 2.482 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us2000g3sg Id of event.
Event Code 2000g3sg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g3sg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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