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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina

Posted by admin on October 10, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -24.0966S, -67.2109WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 91 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (57 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 194.523 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/10/24 / 2024-10-10 03:13:40 / October 10, 2024 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2109 West, latitude -24.0966 South, depth = 194.523 km. The temblor was reported at 03:13:40 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nxqv. Id of event: us6000nxqv.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 91 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.2109° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.0966° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 194.523 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-10 03:13:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-10 03:31:10 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 326 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.411 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 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 us6000nxqv Id of event.
Event Code 6000nxqv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nxqv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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