A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from El Calafate in Argentina. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.905 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000p9v4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9v4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 13:24:08 / January 19, 2025 @ 1:24 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:24:08 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 12.905 km, -71.7724° West, -50.5161° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Calafate (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from El Calafate (c. 8 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km ESE of El Calafate, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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