Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 24 Jan 2023 18:37 UTC

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M 6.4 in Argentina on 24 Jan 2023 18:37 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	601.024 Km
Lat/Lon:	-26.6892 , -63.165
Event Date:	24 Jan 2023 18:37 UTC 24 Jan 2023 15:37 Local
Exposed Population:	110 thousand in MMI II
Source:	NEIC us6000jiyj
Inserted at:	24 Jan 2023 18:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.7 (Argentina)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000jiyj	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	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
1485286		0	24 Jan 2023 18:37	6.4M, 601.024km	2.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		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 688) . The nearest places are Cuquero, San Antonio, Pozo Castaño, Estancia Taco Pozo, La Savara, La Paloma, Patay, Villa Palmar, Campo Gallo, Lilo Viejo, and El Negrito.

Radius	Population
100 km	31000 people
75 km	24000 people
50 km	10000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santiago del Estero	Argentina	<1000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cuquero	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	5 km
San Antonio	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	15 km
Pozo Castaño	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	21 km
Estancia Taco Pozo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	24 km
La Savara	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	26 km
La Paloma	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	29 km
Patay	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	29 km
Villa Palmar	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	31 km
Campo Gallo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	33 km
Lilo Viejo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	35 km
Obraje San Enrique	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	36 km
El Hoyo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	38 km
Obraje San Pedro	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	38 km
Santos Lugares	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	39 km
Huachana	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	41 km
Pozo Limpio	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	41 km
San José	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	42 km
Donadeu	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	45 km
Monte Alto	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	46 km
Granadero Gatica	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	48 km
Hoyo Cerco	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	49 km
San Gregorio	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	51 km
El Porvenir	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	52 km
Cruz Grande	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	53 km
Los Milagros	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	58 km
Amamá	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	59 km
Tintina	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	59 km
Bajo Grande	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	60 km
Chañar Pozo	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	62 km
La Virtud	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	64 km
La Manga	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	64 km
Callejón Bajada	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	66 km
Haase	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	67 km
Villa Matilde	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Village	-	68 km
El Negrito	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.

More information

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