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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near General Mosconi in Argentina


Earthquake location -22.8768S, -63.8591WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from General Mosconi in Argentina on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 06:22:37 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 06:22:37 / April 26, 2025 @ 6:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -63.8591° West, latitude -22.8768° South, depth = 538.156 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 538.156 km (334 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pv6x. Unique identifier: us7000pv6x.

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Embarcación, Tartagal (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (c. 74 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tartagal (c. 60 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Embarcación (c. 24 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from General Enrique Mosconi (c. 19 800 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km S of General Mosconi, Argentina.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.8591° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.8768° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 538.156 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km S of General Mosconi, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-26 06:22:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-26 06:41:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.983 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pv6x Id of event.
Event Code 7000pv6x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pv6x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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