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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 35 km WNW of Colonia Dora, Argentina


Earthquake location -28.5255S, -63.2979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Colonia Dora in Argentina on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/20 / 2020-11-23 03:30:35 / November 23, 2020 @ 3:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 576.98 km (359 miles). Exact location of event, depth 576.98 km, -63.2979° West, -28.5255° South. Id of earthquake: us6000crjt. Event ids that are associated: us6000crjt. The temblor was detected at 03:30:35 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from Añatuya (c. 20 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Suncho Corral (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suncho Corral, Añatuya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km WNW of Colonia Dora, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.2979° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.5255° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 576.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km WNW of Colonia Dora, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-23 03:30:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-23 03:40:38 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 369 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 5.437 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us6000crjt Id of event.
Event Code 6000crjt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000crjt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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