Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 219 km west of Salta, Argentina, on Sunday, 19 January 2020 at 22:27 (GMT) -

Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 219 km west of Salta, Argentina, on Sunday, 19 January 2020 at 22:27 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 210 km depth

19 Jan 22:34 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.
Jan 19 22:42: Magnitude recalculated from 3.9 to 4.2.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 196.0 to 210.0 km.
Date & time: 19 Jan 2020 22:27:46 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 210.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 24.11°S / 67.44°W (Los Andes Department, Antofagasta, Chile)
Nearest volcano: Caichinque (34 km / 21 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
154 km (96 mi) SSE of San Pedro de Atacama (Antofagasta) (pop: 2,000) --> See nearby quakes!
218 km (135 mi) W of San Salvador de Jujuy (Argentina) (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
219 km (136 mi) WNW of Salta (Argentina) (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
227 km (141 mi) W of Palpala (Jujuy, Argentina) (pop: 48,200) --> See nearby quakes!
238 km (148 mi) SE of Calama (Antofagasta) (pop: 143,100) --> See nearby quakes!
262 km (163 mi) W of San Pedro de Jujuy (Argentina) (pop: 58,400) --> See nearby quakes!
272 km (169 mi) W of Libertador General San Martin (Jujuy, Argentina) (pop: 49,300) --> See nearby quakes!
305 km (189 mi) E of Antofagasta (pop: 309,800) --> See nearby quakes!
361 km (224 mi) SE of Tocopilla (Antofagasta) (pop: 24,500) --> See nearby quakes!
1085 km (674 mi) NNE of Santiago (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 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 4.2210 kmSalta, ArgentinaEMSC
M 4.2210 km74 km al SE de Socaire (Argentina)GUG (U. Chile)

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Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 219 km west of Salta, Argentina, on Sunday, 19 January 2020 at 22:27 (GMT)
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