Mag. 4.0 earthquake - 207 km northwest of Salta, Argentina, on Monday, 6 January 2020 at 21:21 (GMT) -

Mag. 4.0 earthquake - 207 km northwest of Salta, Argentina, on Monday, 6 January 2020 at 21:21 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 224 km depth

6 Jan 21:32 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 11 minutes.
Jan 6 21:39: Magnitude recalculated from 3.6 to 4.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 209.0 to 224.0 km.
Date & time: 6 Jan 2020 21:21:19 UTC -
Magnitude: 4
Depth: 224.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 23.88°S / 67.2°W (Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Tuzgle (51 km / 32 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
97 km (60 mi) WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres (pop: 4,000) --> See nearby quakes!
196 km (122 mi) W of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
206 km (128 mi) W of Palpala (Jujuy) (pop: 48,200) --> See nearby quakes!
207 km (129 mi) WNW of Salta (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
237 km (147 mi) SE of Calama (Antofagasta, Chile) (pop: 143,100) --> See nearby quakes!
240 km (149 mi) W of San Pedro de Jujuy (pop: 58,400) --> See nearby quakes!
246 km (153 mi) W of Libertador General San Martin (Jujuy) (pop: 49,300) --> See nearby quakes!
305 km (189 mi) WSW of Oran (pop: 74,100) --> See nearby quakes!
383 km (238 mi) NNW of Tucuman (pop: 781,000) --> See nearby quakes!
1468 km (912 mi) NW of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires F.D.) (pop: 13,076,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 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 4.0224 kmSalta, ArgentinaEMSC
M 4.0224 km77 km al SE de Socaire (Argentina)GUG (U. Chile)
M 4.4219 km80km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, ArgentinaUSGS

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
tillamook oregon / not felt
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Mag. 4.0 earthquake - 207 km northwest of Salta, Argentina, on Monday, 6 January 2020 at 21:21 (GMT)

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