Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - 48 km north of Tartagal, Departamento de General José de San Martin, Salta, Argentina, on Sunday, 28 Feb 2021 4:21 pm (GMT -3) -

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - 48 km north of Tartagal, Departamento de General José de San Martin, Salta, Argentina, on Sunday, 28 Feb 2021 4:21 pm (GMT -3)

Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 536 km depth

28 Feb 19:26 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 5 minutes.
28 Feb 19:32: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 537.0 to 536.0 km (from 334 to 333 mi).
Update Sun, 28 Feb 2021, 19:30
Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes near Tartagal, Departamento de General José de San Martín, Salta, Argentina
4.6 quake 28 Feb 4:21 pm (GMT -3)
4.6 quake 28 Feb 4:21 pm (GMT -3)
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Tartagal, Departamento de General José de San Martín, Salta, Argentina, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a great depth of 537 km beneath the epicenter in the afternoon on Sunday 28 February 2021 at 4:21 pm 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.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Tartagal (pop. 60,800, 48 km away), General Enrique Mosconi (pop. 19,800, 57 km away), Bermejo (pop. 35,400, 93 km away), and Villamontes (pop. 18,800, 97 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 28 Feb 2021 19:21:48 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, 28 Feb 2021 4:21 pm (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 536.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 22.09°S / 63.76°W (Departamento de General José de San Martin, Salta, Argentina)
Nearby towns and cities:
48 km (30 mi) N of Tartagal (pop: 60,800) --> See nearby quakes!
57 km (35 mi) N of General Enrique Mosconi (General Jose de San Martín) (pop: 19,800) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) NE of Bermejo (Aniceto Arce, Tarija, Bolivia) (pop: 35,400) --> See nearby quakes!
97 km (60 mi) SSW of Villamontes (Gran Chaco, Tarija, Bolivia) (pop: 18,800) --> See nearby quakes!
118 km (73 mi) ESE of Tarija (Bolivia) (pop: 159,300) --> See nearby quakes!
129 km (80 mi) NNE of Embarcacion (General Jose de San Martín) (pop: 24,000) --> See nearby quakes!
130 km (81 mi) NNE of Oran (pop: 74,100) --> See nearby quakes!
282 km (175 mi) NE of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> See nearby quakes!
344 km (214 mi) NNE of Salta (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
374 km (233 mi) SSE of Sucre (Chuquisaca, Bolivia) (pop: 224,800) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 33.3°C (92 F), humidity: 30%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from ESE
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
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
4.6536 kmSalta Province, ArgentinaGFZ
4.6518 kmSALTA (Argentina)INPRES
4.5536 kmSALTA, ARGENTINAEMSC
4.5531 km15 Km SW of Yacuiba, Bolivia, ArgentinaUSGS
4.3538 kmSalta Province, ArgentinaUSP

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