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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Vinchina in Argentina

Posted by admin on July 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -29.3533S, -68.2549WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Vinchina in Argentina. Event id: us6000qlwr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qlwr. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 04:38:24 / June 23, 2025 @ 4:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2549 West, latitude -29.3533 South, depth = 24.122 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:38:24 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.122 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby 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. The epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Chilecito (c. 42 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 65 km S of Vinchina, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2549° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.3533° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.122 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km S of Vinchina, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-23 04:38:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-15 03:41:33 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.717 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us6000qlwr Id of event.
Event Code 6000qlwr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qlwr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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