M5.1 Earthquake Near CHILE, Argentina Draws 1 Felt Reports

INPRES Argentina reports M5.1 near CHILE, Argentina, with a 85.0 km catalog depth and 1 felt reports.

Published 2026-09-04T14:05:22.244Z

The event began at Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:18:20 GMT. The provider also lists local time as 03/09 18:18 ART (UTC-3). INPRES Argentina reports magnitude 5.1, 85.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -31.869, -71.328.

The catalog location label is CHILE, Argentina; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.82e+12 joules, or about 674 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

1 public felt report is attached to the current catalog entry. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

The INPRES Argentina catalog currently marks the solution as reviewed. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The issuing source also supplied this event summary: Official INPRES recent-earthquake record. Catalog: https://www.inpres.gob.ar/sismologia/xultimos The linked event record should be checked for later magnitude, depth, location, and review revisions.