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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Andalgalá in Argentina

Posted by admin on July 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -27.9054S, -66.3558WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Andalgalá in Argentina. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 16:16:43 / July 18, 2025 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qdgt. Id of event: us7000qdgt. Exact location, longitude -66.3558° West, latitude -27.9054° South, depth = 151.924 km. The temblor was reported at 16:16:43 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.924 km (94 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (c. 188 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Aguilares (c. 32 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Andalgalá (c. 14 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Arauco (c. 13 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Huillapima (c. 7 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from La Cocha (c. 7 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Los Altos (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Capayán, Huillapima, Graneros.

Every 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. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 36 km S of Andalgalá, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.3558° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9054° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151.924 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km S of Andalgalá, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-18 16:16:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-18 16:53:06 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 340 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.589 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 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 us7000qdgt Id of event.
Event Code 7000qdgt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qdgt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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