Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Departamento de Susques, 165 km west of San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy, Argentina, on Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021 2:25 am (GMT -3) -

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Departamento de Susques, 165 km west of San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy, Argentina, on Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021 2:25 am (GMT -3)

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 214 km depth

23 Feb 05:32 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.
Update Tue, 23 Feb 2021, 05:36
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.3 just reported 67 km northwest of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
4.3 quake 23 Feb 2:25 am (GMT -3)
4.3 quake 23 Feb 2:25 am (GMT -3)
Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina. The tremor was recorded early morning on Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 2:25 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 214 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
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, 67 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 23 Feb 2021 05:25:37 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021 2:25 am (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 214.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 23.92°S / 66.89°W (Departamento de Susques, Jujuy, Argentina)
Nearest volcano: Cordon de Puntas Negras (68 km / 42 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
67 km (42 mi) WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres (Salta) (pop: 4,000) --> See nearby quakes!
165 km (102 mi) W of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
174 km (108 mi) WNW of Palpala (pop: 48,200) --> See nearby quakes!
178 km (111 mi) WNW of Salta (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
208 km (130 mi) W of San Pedro de Jujuy (pop: 58,400) --> See nearby quakes!
214 km (133 mi) W of Libertador General San Martin (pop: 49,300) --> See nearby quakes!
276 km (171 mi) WSW of Oran (Salta) (pop: 74,100) --> See nearby quakes!
295 km (183 mi) WSW of Embarcacion (General Jose de San Martín, Salta) (pop: 24,000) --> See nearby quakes!
352 km (219 mi) WSW of Tartagal (Salta) (pop: 60,800) --> See nearby quakes!
364 km (226 mi) NNW of Tucuman (pop: 781,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 7.2°C (45 F), humidity: 67%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from NNE
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 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 4.3214 kmJUJUY, ARGENTINAEMSC
M 3.1143 kmJUJUY (Argentina)INPRES

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