A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 97 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina (60 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.6299° West, latitude -22.8683° South, depth = 239.857 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qucu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qucu. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:20:15 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 239.857 km (149 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/25 / 2025-09-06 07:20:15 / September 6, 2025 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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. 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: 97 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina.
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