A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 259 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina (161 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 15:12:26 / May 3, 2025 @ 3:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000pwx1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwx1. Exact location of event, longitude -67.1035 West, latitude -57.0433 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:12:26 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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: 259 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina.

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