Leggero terremoto magnitudine 4.8 - Departamento de Poman, 38 km a sud ovest da Andalgala, Catamarca, Argentina, venerdì, 09 ottobre 2020 -

Leggero terremoto magnitudine 4.8 - Departamento de Poman, 38 km a sud ovest da Andalgala, Catamarca, Argentina, venerdì, 09 ottobre 2020

Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 168 km depth

9 Oct 08:59 UTC: Primo a segnalare: GFZ dopo 3 minuti.
9 Oct 09:02: Profondità ricalcolata da 249.0 a 170.0 km (da 155 a 106 mi). Posizione dell'epicentro corretta di 23 km (14 mi) al E.
9 Oct 09:14: Magnitudine ricalcolata da 5.0 a 4.8. Profondità ricalcolata da 170.0 a 168.0 km (da 106 a 104 mi). Posizione dell'epicentro corretta di 6.7 km (4.2 mi) al N.
Data & ora: 9 Oct 2020 08:55:51 UTC -
Ora locale a epicentro: 9 Oct 5:55 am (GMT -3)
Magnitudine: 4.8
Profondità: 168.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 27.89°S / 66.48°W (Departamento de Poman, Catamarca, Argentina)
Vulcano più vicino: Robledo (179 km / 111 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
38 km SSO da Andalgala (pop: 14,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
58 km NO da Mutquin (pop: 1,210) --> Vedi sismi vicini
62 km NNO da Poman (pop: 3,390) --> Vedi sismi vicini
65 km SE da La Puerta de San José (Departamento de Belén) (pop: 1,070) --> Vedi sismi vicini
67 km ESE da Londres (pop: 2,630) --> Vedi sismi vicini
70 km ONO da El Rodeo (pop: 1,080) --> Vedi sismi vicini
94 km NO da San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (pop: 188,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
1073 km NO da Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires F.D.) (pop: 13,076,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 16.5°C (62 F), humidity: 59%, wind: 2 m/s (5 kts) from WSW
Fonte dati primaria: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudineProfonditàUbicazioneFonte
M 4.8168 kmCatamarca Province, ArgentinaGFZ
M 5.0176 km5.0 Catamarca, ArgentinaEMSC
M 4.8207 km35 Km SSW of Andalgala, ArgentinaINPRES
M 5.0152 km34 Km S of Andalgalá, ArgentinaUSGS
M 4.9152 kmCatamarca Province, ArgentinaUSP

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