M 4.6 in Argentina on 13 Jan 2021 06:27 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1251405
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 35.69 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.6968 , -64.6913
Event Date: 13 Jan 2021 06:27 UTC
13 Jan 2021 03:27 Local
Exposed Population:
840000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2021 09:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Argentina= 3.7

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d7xt Scaled population (vector) 5.96  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 36 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

World Earthquake Report for Saturday, 16 January 2021Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:40:00 +0100.

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 16 Jan 2021Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 10 quakes 5.0+, 49 quakes 4.0+, 114 quakes 3.0+, 219 quakes 2.0+ (393 total) This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 6+: 1 eart
...(more)
Mag. 4.9 earthquake - 33 km south of Calingasta, San Juan, Argentina, ... Sat, 16 Jan 2021 05:39:00 +0100.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near San Juan, Departamento de Capital, Argentina, was reported only 14 minutes ago by INPRES, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred
...(more)
Light magnitude 4.9 earthquake 87 km west of San Juan, ArgentinaSat, 16 Jan 2021 05:08:00 +0100.

4.9 quake 16 Jan 12:51 am (GMT -3) A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near San Juan, Departamento de Capital, Argentina, was reported only 14 minutes ago by INPRES, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of
...(more)
Mag. 4.1 earthquake - SALTA (Argentina) on 15/01/2021 17:39:55Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:09:00 +0100.

Nearby towns and cities: 194 km (120 mi) W of San Salvador de Jujuy (pop: 305,900) --> 1452 km (902 mi) NW of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires F.D.) (pop: 13,076,300) --> See nearby quakes! Weather at epicenter at time of quake: Clear Sky 21.8°C
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),