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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/18 11:49
Universal datetime 2016/05/18 14:49
Latitude -24.33 ° ± 5 km
Longitude -66.88 ° ± 6 km
Depth 156 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Tucumán  322 781023
Salta  156 512686
Antofagasta  366 309832
San Salvador de Jujuy  161 305891
Tarija  380 159269
Calama  295 143084
San Ramón de la Nueva Orán  292 74059
Tartagal  370 60819
San Pedro  204 58430
Libertador General San Martín  219 49267
Villazón  281 30253
Tupiza  341 22233
Diego de Almagro  391 18137
Cafayate  215 11785
Taltal  382 10018

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.29
Azimuthal gap 121.96 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU LVC P 14:49:46.7 -0.56 312.16 2.53 Automatic
II NNA P 14:52:36.87 1.76 320.81 15.54 Automatic
IU SAML P 14:52:36.84 -0.76 13.53 15.78 Automatic
IU OTAV P 14:54:34.52 3.3 333.78 27.01 Automatic
IU SDV P 14:55:25.72 -1.25 353.25 33.41 Automatic
IU RCBR P 14:55:43.22 1.04 63.18 35.01 Automatic
II JTS P 14:56:14.72 1.33 330.88 38.86 Automatic
IU SJG P 14:56:40.12 -2.03 1.02 42.44 Automatic
IU HKT P 14:58:59.37 -0.48 331.33 60.99 Automatic
IU WVT P 14:59:14.87 -2.13 341.19 63.61 Automatic
IU QSPA P 14:59:32.47 -0.7 180.04 65.73 Automatic
IU CCM P 14:59:33.62 -1.71 339.24 66.44 Automatic
IU ANMO P 14:59:58.62 -0.16 326.27 70.14 Automatic
IU TUC P 15:00:00.57 -0.27 321.54 70.45 Automatic
IU KOWA P 15:00:14.67 -0.14 64.55 72.59 Automatic
IU SBA P 15:00:19.22 -0.05 190.2 73.2 Automatic
II PFO P 15:00:26.22 0.17 318.9 74.69 Automatic
IU RSSD P 15:00:35.22 -0.22 333.51 76.44 Automatic
IU TSUM P 15:00:44.12 0.66 105.58 77.38 Automatic
IU COR P 15:01:26.57 0.29 323.5 86 Automatic
IU PAB P 15:01:30.82 2.09 43.27 86.45 Automatic
IU CASY P 15:01:44.42 -0.17 178.96 89.37 Automatic