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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Abra Pampa in Argentina


Earthquake location -22.99S, -66.5905WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 96 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina (60 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:13:09 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000bfsp. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bfsp. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 262.75 km (163 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.5905 West, latitude -22.99 South, depth = 262.75 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/20 / 2020-09-01 13:13:09 / September 1, 2020 @ 1:13 pm.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 96 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.5905° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.99° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 262.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-01 13:13:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-01 13:44:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.464 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bfsp Id of event.
Event Code 7000bfsp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bfsp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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