Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 28 May 2012 05:07 UTC

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M 6.4 in Argentina on 28 May 2012 05:07 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:	6.4M
Depth:	589.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	-28.0597 , -63.1087
Event Date:	28 May 2012 05:07 UTC 28 May 2012 02:07 Local
Exposed Population:	153909 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000a0z0
Inserted at:	28 May 2012 05:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
usb000a0z0	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
117260		0	28 May 2012 05:07	6.4M, 589.3km	N/A	150 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC
117261		0	28 May 2012 05:07	6.7M, 588km	N/A	150 thousand (in 100km)		01:50	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 Matará, Desvío Llajta Mauca, Villa Matará, Tiun Puncc, Melero, El Aibal, Punco, Ycuha, Dolores, Sancho Corral, and Taboada.

Radius	Population
100 km	150000 people
75 km	79000 people
50 km	26000 people
20 km	5600 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santiago del Estero	Argentina	700000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Matará	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	12 km
Desvío Llajta Mauca	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	14 km
Villa Matará	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	23 km
Tiun Puncc	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	24 km
Melero	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	25 km
El Aibal	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	27 km
Punco	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	29 km
Ycuha	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	33 km
Dolores	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	36 km
Sancho Corral	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	37 km
San Pedro	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	38 km
Tobas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	38 km
Nasaló	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	39 km
Lugones	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	40 km
Lincho	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	40 km
Palermo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	42 km
San Nicholas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	43 km
Garza	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	46 km
Herrera	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	46 km
Lojlo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	47 km
Vilelas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	47 km
San José	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	49 km
Añatuya	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	City	-	50 km
Mailín	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	51 km
Tacoyoj	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	54 km
Palermo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	54 km
Concepción	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	57 km
Punta Corral	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	57 km
Villa Figueroa	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	57 km
Percas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	58 km
Huritú Huasi	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	58 km
Magdalena	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	60 km
Colonia Barros	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	60 km
Santa Justina	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	60 km
Stayle	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	61 km
Colonia Dora	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	61 km
Los Linares	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
Figueroa	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
San Isidro	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
Puna	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
San Antonio	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
La Loma	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	64 km
La Tinajas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	64 km
El Rosario	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	67 km
Tusca Pozo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	68 km
Las Tinajas	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	68 km
Turungun	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	69 km
Taboada	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Anatuya		107				0	49 km

More information

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