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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Pocito in Argentina

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Pocito in Argentina on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.117 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 36.117 km, -68.501° West, -32.31° South. Unique identifier: us6000rs3h. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rs3h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/25 / 2025-12-02 23:28:31 / December 2, 2025 @ 11:28 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:28:31 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby 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 Chimbas, Villa Paula de Sarmiento, San Juan. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Juan (c. 447 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Martín (c. 82 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chimbas (c. 73 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Lucía (c. 43 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Pocito (c. 41 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km S of Pocito, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.501° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.31° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	36.117 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69 km S of Pocito, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-02 23:28:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-03 01:19:16	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	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.776	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rs3h	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rs3h	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rs3h,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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