Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 23 Jan 2020 21:11 UTC

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M 5.5 in Argentina on 23 Jan 2020 21:11 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	560.43 Km
Lat/Lon:	-27.0186 , -63.3931
Event Date:	23 Jan 2020 21:11 UTC 23 Jan 2020 18:11 Local
Exposed Population:	110000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60007e4x
Inserted at:	23 Jan 2020 21:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.7 (Argentina)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us60007e4x	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1291899		0	23 Jan 2020 21:11	5.5M, 560.43km	N/A	120 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Argentina , Province of Santiago del Estero (population 696,328) . The nearest places are El Hoyo, Pozo Castaño, San José, Villa Palmar, Callejón Bajada, Bandera Bajada, Chañar Pozo, Tablada del Boquerón, Pozo Limpio, El Negrito, and Bajo Grande.

Radius	Population
100 km	120000 people
75 km	53000 people
50 km	24000 people
20 km	6400 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santiago del Estero	Argentina	700000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Hoyo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	16 km
Pozo Castaño	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	23 km
San José	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	24 km
Villa Palmar	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	25 km
Callejón Bajada	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	26 km
Bandera Bajada	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	28 km
Chañar Pozo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	31 km
Tablada del Boquerón	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	31 km
Pozo Limpio	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	31 km
El Negrito	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	35 km
La Guardia	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	38 km
Santos Lugares	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	39 km
Estancia Taco Pozo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	40 km
Amamá	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	41 km
Vaca Huañuna	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	41 km
Caspi Corral	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	43 km
Cuquero	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	44 km
Lilo Viejo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	45 km
Cruz Grande	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	46 km
San Antonio	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	50 km
Hoyo Cerco	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	50 km
Tolojna	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	50 km
Patay	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	50 km
Villa Matilde	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	52 km
San Gregorio	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	55 km
Sepulturas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	56 km
San Vicente	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	56 km
Los Milagros	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	56 km
Monte Alto	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	58 km
La Tapa	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	59 km
Villa Brana	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	60 km
Tusca Pozo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	61 km
La Ramada	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	61 km
El Porvenir	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
La Paloma	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Estancia la Verde	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Magdalena	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Mistol Pampa	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	66 km
Huachana	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	66 km
Tintina	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	68 km
La Savara	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	68 km
Granadero Gatica	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	69 km
Tres Chañares	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	69 km
Las Tinajas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	69 km
Bajo Grande	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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