A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (44 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 17:22:47 / October 8, 2025 @ 5:22 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000rfmt. Event ids that are associated: us6000rfmt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:22:47 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.0237 West, latitude -24.2533 South, depth = 167.18 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 167.18 km (104 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, 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 nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.

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