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  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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 ,of Santiago del Estero (population 623) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1485286 -63.165/-26.689 6.4 601 2.389 24 Jan 2023 19:03 00:26 (new episode)
2 0 1485286 -63.165/-26.689 6.4 601 2.389 24 Jan 2023 19:13 00:36 (upd of #1)
3 0 1485286 -63.165/-26.689 6.4 601 2.389 24 Jan 2023 20:43 02:06 (upd of #2)
4 0 1485286 -63.165/-26.689 6.4 601 2.389 25 Jan 2023 19:40 1d 01:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1485286 -63.118/-26.735 6.4 596.1 2.419 27 Jan 2023 17:40 2d 23:03 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Santiago del Estero Argentina <1000 people
Salta Argentina <1000 people
Tucuman Argentina <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Los Nogales Salta Argentina Village - 235 km
La Punta Santiago del Estero Argentina Village - 246 km
Juremento Salta Argentina Village - 253 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.