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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Albardon in Argentina


Earthquake location -31.2592S, -68.8079WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Albardon in Argentina on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.8079 West, latitude -31.2592 South, depth = 113.75 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 06:57:57 / January 24, 2020 @ 6:57 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us60007ehq. Event ids that are associated: us60007ehq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.75 km (71 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:57:57 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caucete, Nueve de Julio, Calingasta (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 33 km NW of Albardon, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8079° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.2592° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km NW of Albardon, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-24 06:57:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-24 07:51:24 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 298 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 0.304 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us60007ehq Id of event.
Event Code 60007ehq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007ehq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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