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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Serrezuela in Argentina

Posted by admin on December 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.953S, -65.5049WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Serrezuela in Argentina on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 196.501 km (122 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -65.5049 West, latitude -30.953 South, depth = 196.501 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/25 / 2025-12-21 07:02:23 / December 21, 2025 @ 7:02 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000rway. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rway. The temblor was picked up at 07:02:23 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Valle Hermoso, La Falda, Mina Clavero (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Cruz del Eje (c. 28 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from La Falda (c. 15 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Capilla del Monte (c. 9 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Villa de Soto (c. 7 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from La Cumbre (c. 7 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mina Clavero (c. 6 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Huerta Grande (c. 5 600 pop).

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 two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 36 km SSW of Serrezuela, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.5049° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.953° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 196.501 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km SSW of Serrezuela, Argentina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-21 07:02:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-21 07:18:49 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 354 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.323 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us6000rway Id of event.
Event Code 6000rway An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rway, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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