Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Caucete in Argentina

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Caucete in Argentina. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/25 / 2025-04-11 23:39:09 / April 11, 2025 @ 11:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:39:09 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000q5is. Event ids that are associated: us6000q5is. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.6814° West, -31.7156° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Albardón, Pocito, Villa Paula de Sarmiento (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km E of Caucete, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.6814° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-31.7156° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km E of Caucete, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-11 23:39:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-05 03:53:57	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	312	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.861	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	us6000q5is	Id of event.
Event Code	6000q5is	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000q5is,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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