Minor mag. 3.1 earthquake - Departamento de Calingasta, San Juan, Chile, on Saturday, 20 Feb 2021 3:55 am (GMT -3) -

Minor mag. 3.1 earthquake - Departamento de Calingasta, San Juan, Chile, on Saturday, 20 Feb 2021 3:55 am (GMT -3)

Minor magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 146 km depth

20 Feb 07:24 UTC: First to report: INPRES after 28 minutes.
20 Feb 07:44: Now using data updates from GUG (U. Chile)
Date & time: 20 Feb 2021 06:55:42 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Saturday, 20 Feb 2021 3:55 am (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 3.1
Depth: 145.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.909°S / 70.33°W (Departamento de Calingasta, San Juan, Chile)
Nearest volcano: Tupungatito (173 km / 107 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
62 km (38 mi) ESE of Salamanca (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,300) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) ESE of Illapel (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
101 km (63 mi) NNE of San Felipe (Valparaíso) (pop: 59,300) --> See nearby quakes!
104 km (65 mi) NE of La Ligua (Petorca, Valparaíso) (pop: 24,900) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) NNE of Los Andes (Valparaíso) (pop: 56,900) --> See nearby quakes!
128 km (80 mi) NE of Hacienda La Calera (Valparaíso) (pop: 49,100) --> See nearby quakes!
160 km (99 mi) NE of Villa Alemana (Valparaíso) (pop: 97,300) --> See nearby quakes!
175 km (109 mi) WSW of San Juan (Argentina) (pop: 447,000) --> See nearby quakes!
175 km (109 mi) N of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
191 km (119 mi) N of Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky -0.3°C (31 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from NW
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 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
3.1146 km26 Km Al E De Mina Los Pelambres, ChileGUG (U. Chile)
3.1146 kmCOQUIMBO, CHILEEMSC
3.1130 kmSAN JUAN (Argentina)INPRES

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