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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Calingasta in Argentina

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Earthquake location -31.6342S, -69.3297WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 123.671 km, -69.3297° West, -31.6342° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 14:19:03 / October 30, 2025 @ 2:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:19:03 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.671 km (77 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rkcr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkcr.

Nearby country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Albardón (c. 20 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Villa Paula de Sarmiento (c. 19 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueve de Julio, San Martín, Santa Lucía.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 34 km SSE of Calingasta, Argentina.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.3297° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.6342° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.671 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SSE of Calingasta, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-30 14:19:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-21 17:36:17 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 298 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.569 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000rkcr Id of event.
Event Code 6000rkcr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rkcr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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