A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Vinchina in Argentina. Exact location of event, longitude -68.355 West, latitude -29.2802 South, depth = 45.766 km. Global time and date of event 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 01:53:15 / June 24, 2025 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q8bc. Unique identifier: us7000q8bc. The temblor was picked up at 01:53:15 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.766 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chilecito. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 59 km SSW of Vinchina, Argentina.
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