Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 06 Sep 2024 10:12 UTC

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M 5.7 in Argentina on 06 Sep 2024 10:12 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 1444843
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	123 Km
Lat/Lon:	-28.6861 , -69.5171
Event Date:	06 Sep 2024 10:12 UTC 06 Sep 2024 07:12 Local
Exposed Population:	20 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	06 Sep 2024 15:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3.7 (Argentina)
INFORM Coping capacity list:	Argentina= 3.7; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000nq0y	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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1st LD Writethru: Magnitude of earthquake in Chile-Argentina border re.. 9/6/2024 11:16:00 AM.

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Chile-Argentina Border Region at 1012....

1st LD Writethru: Magnitude of earthquake in Chile Argentina border re.. 9/6/2024 11:03:00 AM.

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Chile-Argentina Border Region at 1012 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 96.9 km, was initially determ

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5.5-magnitude quake hits Chile-Argentina Border Region -- GFZ 9/6/2024 10:55:00 AM.

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.

1st LD Writethru: Magnitude of earthquake in Chile-Argentina border re.. 9/6/2024 10:52:00 AM.

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Chile-Argentina Border Region at 1012 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 96.9 km, was initially determ

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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),

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