Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Departamento de Famatina, La Rioja, 42 km south of Tinogasta, Departamento de Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina, on Thursday, 5 March 2020 at 06:57 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Departamento de Famatina, La Rioja, 42 km south of Tinogasta, Departamento de Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina, on Thursday, 5 March 2020 at 06:57 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 117 km depth

5 Mar 07:01 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 3 minutes.
Mar 5 07:04: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.2.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 200.0 to 117.0 km.
Mar 5 07:44: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.4.
Date & time: 5 Mar 2020 06:57:41 UTC -
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 117.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 28.44°S / 67.5°W (Departamento de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Incapillo (107 km / 66 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
42 km (26 mi) S of Tinogasta (Catamarca) (pop: 14,500) --> See nearby quakes!
71 km (44 mi) WNW of Arauco (pop: 13,700) --> See nearby quakes!
78 km (48 mi) ENE of Vinchina (pop: 2,830) --> See nearby quakes!
80 km (50 mi) N of Chilecito (pop: 42,200) --> See nearby quakes!
86 km (54 mi) S of Fiambala (Catamarca) (pop: 8,060) --> See nearby quakes!
88 km (55 mi) SSW of Londres (Catamarca) (pop: 2,630) --> See nearby quakes!
125 km (78 mi) NNW of La Rioja (pop: 162,600) --> See nearby quakes!
168 km (104 mi) W of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (pop: 188,800) --> See nearby quakes!
460 km (286 mi) NW of Cordoba (pop: 1,428,200) --> See nearby quakes!
1103 km (686 mi) NW 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: 7.9 x 1012 joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) 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 5.4117 kmLa Rioja Province, ArgentinaGFZ
M 5.5150 kmLA RIOJA (Argentina)INPRES
M 5.5115 kmLa Rioja, ArgentinaEMSC
M 5.5128 km148 km al NO de La Rioja (Argentina)GUG (U. Chile)
M 5.3117 kmLa Rioja Province, ArgentinaGeoAu
M 5.5115 km39km S of Tinogasta, ArgentinaUSGS
M 5.3181 kmLa Rioja Province, ArgentinaBMKG
M 5.5108 kmLa Rioja Province, ArgentinaUSP

User reports for this quake (3)

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Vinchina La Rioja / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Nos despertamos con la sacudida y el ruido de objetos moviéndose. Fue corto. No nos asustó. Hubo otros más fuertes
Chilecito / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Java / not felt : reading depth 200,W
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Aftershocks of the 5.4 quake Departamento de Famatina, La Rioja, 42 km south of Tinogasta, Departamento de Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina, 5 March 2020 06:57 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (7 quakes):
  • 01 May 2020 23:24 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    149 km (92.6 mi) depth
    |
    24 km (15 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 28 Apr 2020 01:05 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    132 km (82 mi) depth
    |
    25 km (15 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 23 Apr 2020 03:40 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    134 km (83.3 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (7 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 22 Apr 2020 17:59 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    123 km (76.4 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 21 Apr 2020 23:10 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    145 km (90.1 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (8 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 21 Apr 2020 01:32 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    131 km (81.4 mi) depth
    |
    29 km (18 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 20 Mar 2020 23:02 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    139 km (86.4 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Departamento de Famatina, La Rioja, 42 km south of Tinogasta, Departamento de Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina, on Thursday, 5 March 2020 at 06:57 (GMT)
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