Overall Green Earthquake alert in Jujuy Province, Argentina on 03 Jul 2020 23:46 UTC

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M 4.5 in Jujuy Province, Argentina on 03 Jul 2020 23:46 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:	4.5M
Depth:	215.29 Km
Lat/Lon:	-23.0578 , -66.5951
Event Date:	03 Jul 2020 23:46 UTC 03 Jul 2020 20:46 Local
Exposed Population:	About 22000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000ahmt
Inserted at:	04 Jul 2020 00:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Bolivia= 5.4; Argentina= 3.7; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000ahmt	Scaled population (vector)	4.12
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.04

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1319090		0	03 Jul 2020 23:46	4.5M, 215.29km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:15	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 Jujuy (population 530,886) . The nearest places are Tocol, Turu Tari, Coranzulí, Palrique Grande, Pairique Chico, Rosario, Toro, Antiguyo, Mina Pirquita, Olaroz Grande, and Casa Colorada.

Radius	Population
100 km	23000 people
75 km	6800 people
50 km	2700 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Jujuy	Argentina	530000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tocol	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	5 km
Turu Tari	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	18 km
Coranzulí	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	20 km
Palrique Grande	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	21 km
Pairique Chico	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	24 km
Rosario	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	26 km
Toro	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	29 km
Antiguyo	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	41 km
Mina Pirquita	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	42 km
Olaroz Grande	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	44 km
Farillón	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	51 km
Olaroz Chico	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	51 km
Susques	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	54 km
Casabindo	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	55 km
Tusaquilla	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	58 km
Orosmayo	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	58 km
Santa Ana	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	59 km
Loma Blanca	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Lopiara	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Abdón Castro Tolay	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	64 km
Quichagua	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	64 km
Casa Colorada	Jujuy	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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