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Strong Quake
Strikes Argentina on New Years Day
01/01/2011
A powerful earthquake hit Argentina. Luckily the
quake was very deep at almost 360 miles and did very little damage.
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time Saturday, January 01, 2011 at 09:56:58 UTC
Saturday, January 01, 2011 at 06:56:58 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
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Location 26.794°S, 63.079°W
Depth 576.8 km (358.4 miles) set by location
program
Region SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA
Distances 160 km (100 miles) NE of Santiago del
Estero, Argentina
185 km (115 miles) N of Anatuya, Santiago del
Estero, Argentina
185 km (115 miles) SSE of El Quebrachal, Salta,
Argentina
960 km (600 miles) NNW of BUENOS AIRES, D.F.,
Argentina
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.4 km (2.7
miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=507, Nph=507, Dmin=575.5 km, Rmss=0.83
sec, Gp= 18°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw),
Version=A
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0000xky.php |
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