A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Saturday. Global time and date of event 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 03:01:31 / August 23, 2025 @ 3:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:01:31 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.473 km (69 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.4547 West, latitude -31.6516 South, depth = 111.473 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000r397. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r397.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Lucía, Albardón, Chimbas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 35 km S of Calingasta, Argentina.
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