Mag. 3.5 earthquake - 185 km northwest of Salta, Argentina, on 25 Oct 12:30 am (GMT -3) -

Mag. 3.5 earthquake - 185 km northwest of Salta, Argentina, on 25 Oct 12:30 am (GMT -3)

Minor magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 216 km depth

25 Oct 03:37 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 7 minutes.
Date & time: 25 Oct 2020 03:30:13 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 25 Oct 12:30 am (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 3.5
Depth: 216.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 23.99°S / 67.01°W (Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Cordon de Puntas Negras (60 km / 37 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
75 km (46 mi) WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres (Salta) (pop: 4,000) --> See nearby quakes!
117 km (73 mi) WNW of Santa Rosa de Tastil (Salta) (pop: 2,000) --> See nearby quakes!
175 km (109 mi) W of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
185 km (115 mi) WNW of Salta (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
185 km (115 mi) W of Palpala (pop: 48,200) --> See nearby quakes!
219 km (136 mi) W of San Pedro de Jujuy (pop: 58,400) --> See nearby quakes!
227 km (141 mi) W of Libertador General San Martin (pop: 49,300) --> See nearby quakes!
290 km (180 mi) WSW of Oran (Salta) (pop: 74,100) --> See nearby quakes!
363 km (225 mi) NNW of Tucuman (pop: 781,000) --> See nearby quakes!
1447 km (899 mi) NW of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires F.D.) (pop: 13,076,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 7.3°C (45 F), humidity: 49%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from WNW
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 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 3.5216 km75 Km WNW of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaEMSC
M 3.7209 km73 Km WNW of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaINPRES

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Mag. 3.5 earthquake - 185 km northwest of Salta, Argentina, on 25 Oct 12:30 am (GMT -3)

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