Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - 96 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, on Saturday, 23 Jan 2021 8:22 am (GMT -3) -

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - 96 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, on Saturday, 23 Jan 2021 8:22 am (GMT -3)

Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 190 km depth

23 Jan 11:28 UTC: First to report: INPRES after 5 minutes.
23 Jan 16:10: Magnitude recalculated from 4.4 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 187.0 to 190.0 km (from 116 to 118 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.7 km (2.9 mi) towards NE.
Update Sat, 23 Jan 2021, 11:33
Light tremor of magnitude 4.4 just reported 99 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
4.4 quake 23 Jan 8:22 am (GMT -3)
4.4 quake 23 Jan 8:22 am (GMT -3)
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred only 10 minutes ago 99 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina, INPRES reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate to considerable depth of 187 km beneath the epicenter near San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, in the morning on Saturday 23 January 2021 at 8:22 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.5.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In San Antonio de los Cobres (pop. 4,000, 99 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 23 Jan 2021 11:22:54 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Saturday, 23 Jan 2021 8:22 am (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 190.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 24.29°S / 67.258°W (Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Aracar (49 km / 30 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
96 km (59 mi) W of San Antonio de los Cobres (pop: 4,000) --> See nearby quakes!
195 km (121 mi) WNW of Salta (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
199 km (124 mi) W of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
208 km (129 mi) W of Palpala (Jujuy) (pop: 48,200) --> See nearby quakes!
243 km (151 mi) W of San Pedro de Jujuy (pop: 58,400) --> See nearby quakes!
257 km (159 mi) WSW of Libertador General San Martin (Jujuy) (pop: 49,300) --> See nearby quakes!
325 km (202 mi) WSW of Oran (pop: 74,100) --> See nearby quakes!
338 km (210 mi) NW of Tafi Viejo (Tucuman) (pop: 48,500) --> See nearby quakes!
348 km (216 mi) NW of Tucuman (pop: 781,000) --> See nearby quakes!
404 km (251 mi) WSW of Tartagal (pop: 60,800) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 7°C (45 F), humidity: 78%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from ESE
Primary data source: INPRES
Estimated released energy: 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 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 4.6190 kmSALTA (Argentina)INPRES
M 4.5175 kmChile-Argentina Border RegionGFZ
M 4.5194 kmSALTA, ARGENTINAEMSC
M 4.7172 km102 Km Al SE De Socaire, ArgentinaGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.5189 km100 Km W of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaUSGS
M 4.5182 kmChile-Argentina Border RegionUSP

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