A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 117 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.4629° West, -24.3719° South, depth 209.429 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:13:39 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 21:13:39 / April 8, 2025 @ 9:13 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 209.429 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4ua. Id of event: us6000q4ua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 117 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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