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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Chilecito in Argentina


Earthquake location -29.2834S, -68.0163WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Chilecito in Argentina on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 18:45:31 / April 13, 2020 @ 6:45 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0163 West, latitude -29.2834 South, depth = 104.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 104.94 km (65 miles). Id of earthquake: us70008vkz. Event ids that are associated: us70008vkz. The temblor was picked up at 15:45:31 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chilecito (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km WSW of Chilecito, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0163° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.2834° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 104.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km WSW 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 2020-04-13 18:45:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-13 19:03:46 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 354 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 1.936 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us70008vkz Id of event.
Event Code 70008vkz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008vkz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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