Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, 76 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, on Thursday, 30 April 2020 at 22:10 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, 76 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, on Thursday, 30 April 2020 at 22:10 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 172 km depth

30 Apr 22:13 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 3 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 208.0 to 172.0 km.
May 1 05:48: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.4.
Date & time: 30 Apr 2020 22:10:33 UTC -
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 172.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 24.01°S / 67.03°W (Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Nevado Queva (45 km / 28 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
177 km (110 mi) W of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
1446 km (898 mi) NW of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires F.D.) (pop: 13,076,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ
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 5.4172 kmChile-Argentina Border RegionGFZ
M 5.4204 kmSALTA (Argentina)INPRES
M 5.3160 kmSalta, ArgentinaEMSC
M 5.4180 km89 km al SE de Socaire (Argentina)GUG (U. Chile)
M 5.4164 km66km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, ArgentinaUSGS
M 5.1197 kmChile-Argentina Border RegionBMKG
M 5.2155 kmChile-Argentina Border RegionGeoAu
M 5.6172 kmChile-Argentina Border RegionUSP

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Aftershocks of the 5.4 quake Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, 76 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, 30 April 2020 22:10 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (124 quakes):
  • 29 Jun 2020 02:30 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    205 km (127.4 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 28 Jun 2020 16:35 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    213 km (132.4 mi) depth
    |
    27 km (17 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 28 Jun 2020 10:32 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    225 km (139.8 mi) depth
    |
    29 km (18 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 28 Jun 2020 03:04 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    166 km (103.1 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 28 Jun 2020 01:29 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    188 km (116.8 mi) depth
    |
    27 km (17 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 28 Jun 2020 00:55 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    225 km (139.8 mi) depth
    |
    27 km (17 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 27 Jun 2020 17:14 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    219 km (136.1 mi) depth
    |
    23 km (14 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 27 Jun 2020 13:09 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    217 km (134.8 mi) depth
    |
    30 km (19 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 27 Jun 2020 11:36 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    176 km (109.4 mi) depth
    |
    29 km (18 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 27 Jun 2020 07:51 UTC
    | M 5.2 |
    204 km (126.8 mi) depth
    |
    23 km (15 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 27 Jun 2020 00:04 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    191 km (118.7 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (10 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 26 Jun 2020 11:01 UTC
    | M 3.6 |
    205 km (127.4 mi) depth
    |
    25 km (16 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 25 Jun 2020 03:22 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    216 km (134.2 mi) depth
    |
    22 km (14 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 24 Jun 2020 07:58 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    200 km (124.3 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 24 Jun 2020 00:37 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    169 km (105 mi) depth
    |
    25 km (16 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
  • 22 Jun 2020 14:21 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    215 km (133.6 mi) depth
    |
    20 km (13 mi) distance
    | INPRES | Details
    • Show all

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Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, 76 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, on Thursday, 30 April 2020 at 22:10 (GMT)
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