Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Departamento de Susques, 174 km northwest of San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy, Argentina, on Friday, 8 Jan 2021 9:40 pm (GMT -3) -

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Departamento de Susques, 174 km northwest of San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy, Argentina, on Friday, 8 Jan 2021 9:40 pm (GMT -3)

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 218 km depth

9 Jan 00:46 UTC: First to report: INPRES after 5 minutes.
9 Jan 09:16: Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (7.9 mi) towards NE.
Date & time: 9 Jan 2021 00:40:40 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Friday, 8 Jan 2021 9:40 pm (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 4
Depth: 218.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 23.496°S / 66.827°W (Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Cordon de Puntas Negras (65 km / 40 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
96 km (59 mi) NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres (Salta) (pop: 4,000) --> See nearby quakes!
174 km (108 mi) WNW of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
185 km (115 mi) WNW of Palpala (pop: 48,200) --> See nearby quakes!
203 km (126 mi) NW of Salta (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
211 km (131 mi) W of Libertador General San Martin (pop: 49,300) --> See nearby quakes!
216 km (134 mi) WNW of San Pedro de Jujuy (pop: 58,400) --> See nearby quakes!
244 km (152 mi) ESE of Calama (Antofagasta, Chile) (pop: 143,100) --> See nearby quakes!
259 km (161 mi) W of Oran (Salta) (pop: 74,100) --> See nearby quakes!
280 km (174 mi) W of Embarcacion (General Jose de San Martín, Salta) (pop: 24,000) --> See nearby quakes!
404 km (251 mi) NNW of Tucuman (pop: 781,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 8°C (46 F), humidity: 46%, wind: 10 m/s (19 kts) from W
Primary data source: INPRES
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 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 4.0218 kmJUJUY (Argentina)INPRES
M 4.5235 kmJUJUY, ARGENTINAEMSC
M 4.2229 km85 Km Al E De Socaire, ArgentinaGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.5211 km86 Km NW of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaUSGS
M 4.5205 kmJujuy Province, ArgentinaGFZ
M 4.0207 kmJujuy Province, ArgentinaUSP

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