A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from San José de Jáchal in Argentina on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/02/25 / 2025-02-07 20:56:13 / February 7, 2025 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:56:13 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pc6w. Id of event: us7000pc6w. Exact location of event, longitude -69.3071 West, latitude -30.3151 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José de Jáchal (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from San José de Jáchal (c. 21 000 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 three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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