A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Calingasta in Argentina on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 116.049 km (72 miles). Exact location of event, depth 116.049 km, -69.8194° West, -31.0095° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/25 / 2025-12-26 05:37:30 / December 26, 2025 @ 5:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkuv. Unique identifier: us7000rkuv. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:37:30 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Calingasta (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calingasta.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km NW of Calingasta, Argentina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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