A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ri1t. Unique identifier: us6000ri1t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.304 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:13:34 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.092° West, latitude -31.2522° South, depth = 112.304 km. Global time and date of event 18/10/25 / 2025-10-18 17:13:34 / October 18, 2025 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caucete, Nueve de Julio, Pocito (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Caucete (c. 33 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop). Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km ENE of Calingasta, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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