Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Abra Pampa in Argentina

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:58:45 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.2392 West, latitude -22.9178 South, depth = 220.479 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/09/25 / 2025-09-14 02:58:45 / September 14, 2025 @ 2:58 am. Event id: us7000qw2i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qw2i. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 220.479 km (137 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Humahuaca (c. 11 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). 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 Humahuaca, Abra Pampa.

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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.2392° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-22.9178° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	220.479 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-14 02:58:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-14 03:16:23	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	340	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	69	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.788	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.46 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us7000qw2i	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qw2i	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qw2i,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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