Light mag. 3.2 earthquake - Departamento de Sarmiento, 31 km southwest of Pocito, San Juan, Argentina, on Thursday, 4 Feb 2021 2:10 am (GMT -3) -
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.4 quake Departamento de Sarmiento, 20 km southwest of Pocito, San Juan, Argentina, 18 Jan 2021 11:46 pm (GMT -3), which had occurred 2 weeks earlier.
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Light magnitude 3.2 earthquake at 10 km depth
4 Feb 05:16 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.
Date & time: 4 Feb 2021 05:10:30 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 4 Feb 2021 2:10 am (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 3.2
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.83°S / 68.86°W
(Departamento de Sarmiento, San Juan, Argentina)Nearest volcano: Tupungatito (196 km / 122 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
31 km (19 mi) WSW of Pocito (pop: 41,000) --> See nearby quakes!
33 km (21 mi) SSW of Villa Basilio Nievas (pop: 4,040) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) SW of San Juan (pop: 447,000) --> See nearby quakes!
47 km (29 mi) SW of Santa Lucia (pop: 43,600) --> See nearby quakes!
48 km (30 mi) SW of Villa Paula de Sarmiento (pop: 19,100) --> See nearby quakes!
49 km (31 mi) SW of Chimbas (pop: 73,800) --> See nearby quakes!
54 km (34 mi) SW of Albardon (pop: 20,400) --> See nearby quakes!
58 km (36 mi) WSW of Caucete (pop: 33,600) --> See nearby quakes!
118 km (73 mi) N of Mendoza (pop: 876,900) --> See nearby quakes!
247 km (153 mi) NE of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan, Chile) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky
17.8°C (64 F), humidity: 40%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from S
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Clear Sky
17.8°C (64 F), humidity: 40%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from SEstimated released energy: 4 x 109 joules (1.11 megawatt hours, equivalent to 0.951 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.2 | 10 km | SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA | EMSC |
| 3.0 | 10 km | SAN JUAN (Argentina) | INPRES |
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