M 5.7 in Argentina on 20 Oct 2024 22:59 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 1450182
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 107.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.8936 , -68.7474
Event Date: 20 Oct 2024 22:59 UTC
20 Oct 2024 19:59 Local
Exposed Population: 640 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2024 23:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Argentina)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000nzxj Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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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),