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Sun, 27 Apr 2025, 11:55 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake near San Rafael, San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina, was reported only 18 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 9.80 km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Sunday, April 27th, 2025, at 8:36 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by The National Seismological Center (Centro Sismológico Nacional, CSN) of the University of Chile, which listed it as a magnitude 4.4 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.0, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.0.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in San Rafael (pop. 118,000) located 88 km from the epicenter, and San Martin (pop. 82,500) 118 km away.
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