Leve terremoto magnitud 4.1 - 1 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, miércoles, 28 oct. 2020 -

Leve terremoto magnitud 4.1 - 1 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, miércoles, 28 oct. 2020

Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 176 km depth

28 Oct 05:54 UTC: Primero en informar: INPRES después de 5 minutos.
28 Oct 11:14: Magnitud recalculada de 4.0 a 4.1. Profundidad recalculada de 200.0 a 176.0 km (de 124 a 109 mi). Ubicación del epicentro corregida 2.6 km (1.6 mi) al E.
Fecha & hora: 28 Oct 2020 05:49:17 UTC -
Hora local al epicentro: 28/10/2020 02:49:17
Magnitud: 4.1
Profundidad: 176.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 24.19°S / 67.304°W (Departamento de Los Andes, Provincia de Salta, Argentina)
Volcán mas cercano: Aracar (45 km / 28 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
203 km al ONO de Ciudad de Salta (pop: 512,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
1445 km al NO de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires F.D.) (pop: 13,076,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky -1.4°C (29 F), humidity: 67%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from WNW
Fuente primaria de datos: INPRES
Energía liberada estimada: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 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.
MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 4.1176 km- 107 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, ArgentinaINPRES
M 4.6183 km103 Km W of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaEMSC
M 4.2183 km82 Km Al SE De Socaire, ArgentinaGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.6189 km107 Km W of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaUSGS
M 4.6189 km107 Km W of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaUSGS
M 4.6189 km107 Km W of San Antonio De Los Cobres, ArgentinaUSGS

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
1263.6 km SE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / 10-15 s
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