A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 297 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina (185 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 19:33:49 / May 2, 2025 @ 7:33 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -67.318° West, -57.4263° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwqr. Unique identifier: us7000pwqr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:33:49 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 297 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina.

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