M 6.5 in Argentina on 22 Mar 2023 16:00 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 1366161
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 209.976 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.4797 , -66.5108
Event Date: 22 Mar 2023 16:00 UTC
22 Mar 2023 13:00 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 22 Mar 2023 16:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Argentina)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000jlxu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 32 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

The 10 Places Where Major Earthquakes Have Been Reported In Last 30 Da ... 2023-03-23T19:38+0100.

The earthquake tremors on Tuesday evening caused panic among people across several cities in North India. People in Delhi and adjoining areas, felt strong earthquake tremors, with many people coming to open spaces as a precautionary measure
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6.5 Magnitude earthquake strikes Argentina2023-03-23T10:03+0100.

ALBAWABA An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred north-northwest of Argentina, on Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was 104 km from Monte Quemado, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. Felt #earthquake
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6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Argentina2023-03-23T03:42+0100.

: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred 84 km north-northwest of San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina, said the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake hit Argentina on Wednesday. There are no reports of any damage yet.
6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Argentina2023-03-23T03:31+0100.

: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred 84 km north-northwest of San Antonio de los Cobres in Argentina, said the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake hit Argentina on Wednesday. There are no reports of any damage yet.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),