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Strong earthquake, 6 mag strikes near El Hoyo in Argentina


Earthquake location -26.9731S, -63.3668WA earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from El Hoyo in Argentina on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 560.32 km (348 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -63.3668 West, latitude -26.9731 South, depth = 560.32 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:43:32 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us70006qk4. Id of event: us70006qk4. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/19 / 2019-12-24 16:43:32 / December 24, 2019 @ 4:43 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 119 km (74 miles) from Quimilí (c. 11 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Clodomira (c. 9 000 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Suncho Corral (c. 6 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Campo Gallo (c. 5 500 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Beltrán (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quimilí, Beltrán, Suncho Corral.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km WNW of El Hoyo, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.3668° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -26.9731° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 560.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WNW of El Hoyo, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-24 16:43:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-24 17:04:51 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 1.794 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 554 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 5.147 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 us70006qk4 Id of event.
Event Code 70006qk4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006qk4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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