A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. The temblor was reported at 17:02:58 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 17:02:58 / August 28, 2025 @ 5:02 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 260.716 km (162 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -65.8454° West, latitude -22.4155° South, depth = 260.716 km. Event id: us7000qrkh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qrkh.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Humahuaca, Villazón, La Quiaca. Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Villazón (c. 30 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from La Quiaca (c. 14 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Humahuaca (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km NNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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