1st Ld: Moderate quake hits northern Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Jun 02, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted northern Argentina on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The epicenter of the tremor, which struck at 4:52 a.m. local time (0752 GMT), was located 54 km northeast of Salta city and 8 km southeast of the southern Bolivian city of Yacuiba at a depth of 519.6 km, according to the USGS.

The seismological agency earlier put the magnitude of the quake at 5.8 and the depth of its epicenter at 528 km.

The Hong Kong Observatory placed the magnitude at 6.1, while the China Earthquake Networks Center registered a reading of 6.2.

Such a deep-focus earthquake is unlikely to cause damage on the ground surface.

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