A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (48 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:21:36 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.0807° West, latitude -24.1457° South, depth = 222.72 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 222.72 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000q0t0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0t0. Global time and date of event 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 14:21:36 / May 22, 2025 @ 2:21 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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