A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 258 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina (160 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:34:55 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pwrt. Id of event: us7000pwrt. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.4297° West, -57.0751° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 20:34:55 / May 2, 2025 @ 8:34 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

Did you feel the quake?

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. 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: 258 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.