A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 272 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina (169 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 17:31:22 / August 22, 2025 @ 5:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.21° West, -57.1776° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000r36r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r36r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:31:22 / 5:31 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen 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.

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