A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qryw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qryw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.392 km (78 miles). Global time and date of event 29/08/25 / 2025-08-29 18:43:16 / August 29, 2025 @ 6:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:43:16 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.5711° West, latitude -31.5771° South, depth = 125.392 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calingasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km SSW of Calingasta, Argentina.

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