A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Abra Pampa in Argentina. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 265.221 km (165 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:09:39 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r1ri. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1ri. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3936 West, latitude -22.789 South, depth = 265.221 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 19:09:39 / August 17, 2025 @ 7:09 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abra Pampa. Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Abra Pampa (c. 9 400 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina.

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