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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Calingasta in Argentina


Earthquake location -32.1305S, -69.3702WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Wednesday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:21:09 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700091kh. Unique identifier: us700091kh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -69.3702° West, -32.1305° South, depth 114.78 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 08:21:09 / April 22, 2020 @ 8:21 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 114.78 km (71 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pocito, Calingasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 88 km S of Calingasta, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.3702° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.1305° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88km S of Calingasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-22 08:21:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-29 07:19:56 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 259 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 0.825 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us700091kh Id of event.
Event Code 700091kh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700091kh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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