A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from San Agustín de Valle Fértil in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4757 West, latitude -30.2789 South, depth = 27.888 km. The temblor was detected at 20:42:25 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.888 km (17 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000r37j. Event ids that are associated: us6000r37j. Global time and date of event 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 20:42:25 / August 22, 2025 @ 8:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Agustín de Valle Fértil. Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from San Agustín de Valle Fértil (c. 6 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two 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.
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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. 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: 39 km N of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, Argentina.
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