Minor mag. 3.4 earthquake - 75 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina, on Friday, Aug 5, 2022 at 6:37 pm (GMT -3) -
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Minor magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 191 km depth
5 Aug 21:46 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 9 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Aug 5, 2022 21:37:18 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, Aug 5, 2022 at 6:37 pm (GMT -3) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 191.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 24.24°S / 67.06°W  (Departamento de Los Andes, Salta, Argentina) |
| Antipode | 24.24°N / 112.94°E |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Aracar (72 km / 45 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 75 km (47 mi) W of San Antonio de los Cobres (pop: 4,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 112 km (70 mi) W of Santa Rosa de Tastil (pop: 2,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 162 km (101 mi) WNW of Campo Quijano (pop: 5,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 168 km (104 mi) WSW of Purmamarca (Jujuy) (pop: 388) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 178 km (110 mi) WNW of Salta (pop: 512,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 181 km (112 mi) SW of El Aguilar (Jujuy) (pop: 3,660) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 184 km (114 mi) WNW of El Carril (Chicoana) (pop: 9,780) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 188 km (117 mi) SE of San Pedro de Atacama (Antofagasta, Chile) (pop: 2,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  0.9°C (34 F), humidity: 15%, wind: 7 m/s (15 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 191 km | SALTA, ARGENTINA | EMSC |
| 3.4 | 191 km | Chile-Argentina Border Region | RaspberryShake |
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