A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 296 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina (184 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us7000pwr3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwr3. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8117° West, -57.339° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 19:57:58 / May 2, 2025 @ 7:57 pm UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:57:58 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 296 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina.

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