A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 255 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina (158 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us7000pznc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pznc. Exact location, longitude -67.0375° West, latitude -56.9938° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 13:13:45 / May 2, 2025 @ 1:13 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:13:45 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 255 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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