Very strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Departamento de Rosario de Lerma, 21 km southwest of Salta, Departamento Capital, Salta, Argentina, on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 15:45 GMT
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Very strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 10 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Feb 27, 2010 15:45:37 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.3 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 24.872°S / 65.602°W  (Departamento de Rosario de Lerma, Salta, Argentina) |
| Antipode | 24.872°N / 114.398°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Gemelos-Saladillo (59 km / 37 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 5 km (3 mi) NE of Campo Quijano (pop: 5,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) WSW of Salta (pop: 512,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) NNW of El Carril (Chicoana) (pop: 9,780) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 60 km (37 mi) SE of Santa Rosa de Tastil (pop: 2,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SSW of Palpala (Jujuy) (pop: 48,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 81 km (51 mi) SSW of Jujuy (pop: 305,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 103 km (64 mi) SW of San Pedro de Jujuy (pop: 58,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 144 km (90 mi) SW of Libertador General San Martin (Jujuy) (pop: 49,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 151 km (94 mi) W of Joaquin V. Gonzalez (Departamento de Metán) (pop: 19,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 220 km (137 mi) N of San Miguel de Tucuman (Tucumán) (pop: 781,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.3 | 10 km | Salta, Argentina | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (4 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Mar 19, 2010 04:00 12 years ago | 4.0 10 km | Departamento de Rosario de Lerma, 19 km SW of Salta, Departamento Capital, Salta, Argentina | More |
| Mar 1, 2010 06:53 12 years ago | 4.8 35 km | 18 km E of Salta, Departamento Capital, Salta, Argentina | More |
| Feb 28, 2010 09:53 12 years ago | 4.6 39 km | 8.8 km S of Salta, Departamento Capital, Salta, Argentina | More |
| Feb 27, 2010 20:31 12 years ago | 4.8 24 km | Departamento de Rosario de Lerma, 23 km NW of Chicoana, Salta, Argentina | More |
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