A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Monte Patria in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 109.384 km, -70.2787° West, -31.0103° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjkt. Unique identifier: us6000pjkt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.384 km (68 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:06:51 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 18:06:51 / January 12, 2025 @ 6:06 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km ESE of Monte Patria, Chile.
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