Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Departamento de Rinconada, 59 km northwest of Abra Pampa, Departamento de Cochinoca, Jujuy, Argentina, on Saturday, 9 September 2017 at 12:03 (GMT)

Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Departamento de Rinconada, 59 km northwest of Abra Pampa, Departamento de Cochinoca, Jujuy, Argentina, on Saturday, 9 September 2017 at 12:03 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 220 km depth

9 Sep 12:08 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 4 minutes.
Sep 9 12:10: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 4.8.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 235.0 to 220.0 km.
Date & time: 9 Sep 2017 12:03:41 UTC
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 220.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 22.44°S / 66.18°W (Departamento de Rinconada, Jujuy, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Cerros de Tocopuri (84 km / 52 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
59 km (36 mi) WNW of Abra Pampa (Cochinoca) (pop: 9,430) --> See nearby quakes!
71 km (44 mi) WSW of La Quiaca (Yavi) (pop: 14,800) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (45 mi) SW of Villazon (Modesto Omiste, Potosí, Bolivia) (pop: 30,300) --> See nearby quakes!
205 km (128 mi) WNW of Oran (Salta) (pop: 74,100) --> See nearby quakes!
208 km (129 mi) NW of Libertador General San Martin (pop: 49,300) --> See nearby quakes!
215 km (134 mi) NNW of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
225 km (140 mi) NNW of Palpala (pop: 48,200) --> See nearby quakes!
240 km (149 mi) NW of San Pedro de Jujuy (pop: 58,400) --> See nearby quakes!
272 km (169 mi) NNW of Salta (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1553 km (965 mi) NNW of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires F.D.) (pop: 13,076,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.8220 kmJujuy Province, ArgentinaGFZ
M 5.2235 km JUJUY, ARGENTINAEMSC
M 5.2291 km158 km al E de San Pedro de AtacamaGUG (U. Chile)
M 5.2228 km- Jujuy, ArgentinaUSGS

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Minera Antucoya (376.4 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
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Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Departamento de Rinconada, 59 km northwest of Abra Pampa, Departamento de Cochinoca, Jujuy, Argentina, on Saturday, 9 September 2017 at 12:03 (GMT)
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