Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 31 Jan 2021 03:59 UTC

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M 5.1 in Argentina on 31 Jan 2021 03:59 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:	5.1M
Depth:	168.65 Km
Lat/Lon:	-24.2289 , -66.9403
Event Date:	31 Jan 2021 03:59 UTC 31 Jan 2021 00:59 Local
Exposed Population:	About 12000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000ddcd
Inserted at:	31 Jan 2021 04:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.7 (Argentina)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Argentina= 3.7; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000ddcd	Scaled population (vector)	3.88
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.83

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1355802		0	31 Jan 2021 03:59	5.1M, 168.65km	N/A	10 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 Salta (population 897,526) . The nearest places are Agua Blanca, Salar de Pocitos, Olacapato Chico, Horno Auspurg, Santa Rosa, El Porvenir, Catúa, Sijes, Chorillo, Sey, and Campamento El Laco.

Radius	Population
100 km	12000 people
75 km	7300 people
50 km	1500 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Salta	Argentina	900000 people
Jujuy	Argentina	530000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Agua Blanca	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	3 km
Salar de Pocitos	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	18 km
Olacapato Chico	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	25 km
Horno Auspurg	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	29 km
Santa Rosa	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	35 km
El Porvenir	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	41 km
Catúa	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	42 km
Sijes	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	45 km
Chorillo	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	50 km
Sey	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	51 km
Tolar Grande	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	61 km
Huaitiquina	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
San Antonio de los Cobres	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Los Patos	Salta	Argentina	Village	-	69 km
Campamento El Laco	Antofagasta	Chile	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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