List of earthquakes in Argentina

This is a list of earthquakes in Argentina.

• Details are approximate for old events.
• Magnitude is measured in the Richter magnitude scale.
• Intensity is measured in the Mercalli intensity scale.
• Depth is given in miles.

	Date	Time	Magnitude	Intensity	Epicenter	Depth
1692 Salta earthquake	1692-09-13	11:00:00 a.m.	7.0	IX	25°23′59″S 64°47′59″W	20
1782 Mendoza earthquake	1782-05-22	04:00:00 p.m.	7.0	VIII	33°0′0″S 69°12′0″W	20
1817 Santiago del Estero earthquake	1817-07-04	05:30:00 p.m.	7.0	VIII	28°0′0″S 64°30′0″W	20
1826 Trancas earthquake	1826-01-19	08:00:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII	26°11′59″S 65°15′0″W	20
1844 Salta earthquake	1844-10-18	11:00:00 p.m.	6.5	VII	24°48′0″S 64°42′0″W	20
1861 Mendoza earthquake	1861-03-20	11:00:00 p.m.	7.0	IX	32°53′59″S 68°54′0″W	20
1863 Jujuy earthquake	1863-01-14	11:00:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII	23°36′0″S 65°0′0″W	20
1871 Orán earthquake	1871-10-09	02:15:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII	23°6′0″S 64°17′59″W	20
1874 Orán earthquake	1874-07-06	07:00:00 p.m.	6.0	VII	23°0′0″S 64°12′0″W	20
1888 Río de la Plata earthquake	1888-06-05	03:20:00 a.m.	5.5	VI	34°36′0″S 57°53′59″W	20
1892 Recreo earthquake	1892-03-21	01:45:00 a.m.	6.0	VII	29°30′0″S 65°0′0″W	20
1894 San Juan earthquake	1894-10-27	07:30:00 p.m.	8.0	IX	29°48′0″S 69°0′0″W	20
1898 Catamarca earthquake	1898-02-05	12:57:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII	28°26′59″S 66°9′0″W	20
1899 Yacuiba earthquake	1899-03-23	08:00:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII	22°6′0″S 63°47′59″W	20
1899 La Rioja earthquake	1899-04-12	04:10:00 p.m.	6.4	VIII	28°38′59″S 68°24′0″W	20
1903 Mendoza earthquake	1903-08-12	11:00:00 p.m.	6.0	VII	32°6′0″S 69°5′59″W	45
1906 Tafí del Valle earthquake	1906-11-17	04:30:00 p.m.	6.0	VII	26°45′0″S 65°42′0″W	20
1907 Tucumán earthquake	1907-08-11	01:15:00 a.m.	5.5	VI	27°11′59″S 65°30′0″W	20
1908 Salta earthquake	1908-02-05	08:50:00 p.m.	6.0	VII	25°11′59″S 64°42′0″W	20
1908 Cruz del Eje earthquake	1908-09-22	05:00:00 p.m.	6.5	VII	30°30′0″S 64°30′0″W	60
1913 Tucumán earthquake	1913-11-06	04:45:00 p.m.	5.5	VI	26°48′0″S 65°5′59″W	20
1917 Mendoza earthquake	1917-07-27	02:51:40 a.m.	6.5	VII	32°17′59″S 68°54′0″W	30
1920 Mendoza earthquake	1920-12-17	06:59:49 p.m.	6.0	VIII	32°42′0″S 68°24′0″W	25
1927 Mendoza earthquake	1927-04-14	06:23:28 a.m.	7.1	VIII	32°0′0″S 69°30′0″W	70
1929 Mendoza earthquake	1929-05-23	05:04:00 a.m.	5.7	VI	32°53′59″S 68°54′0″W	20
1929 Southern Mendoza earthquake	1929-05-30	09:43:24 a.m.	6.8	VIII	35°0′0″S 68°0′0″W	25
1930 La Poma earthquake	1930-12-24	06:02:50 a.m.	6.0	VIII	24°41′59″S 66°17′59″W	20
1931 El Naranjo earthquake	1931-04-03	03:19:06 a.m.	6.3	VII	27°0′0″S 65°0′0″W	110
1933 Tucumán earthquake	1933-02-12	04:05:00 a.m.	5.5	VI	26°36′0″S 65°20′59″W	20
1934 Sampacho earthquake	1934-06-11	03:07:09 a.m.	6.0	VIII	33°30′0″S 64°30′0″W	20
1936 San Luis earthquake	1936-05-22	12:15:58 a.m.	6.0	VIII	32°0′0″S 66°0′0″W	25
1941 San Juan earthquake	1941-07-03	07:11:43 a.m.	6.2	VII	31°48′0″S 67°47′59″W	12
1944 San Juan earthquake	1944-01-15	11:49:27 p.m.	7.4	IX	31°23′59″S 68°24′0″W	20
1947 Córdoba earthquake	1947-01-16	02:37:40 a.m.	5.5	VII	31°6′0″S 64°30′0″W	30
1948 Corrientes earthquake	1948-01-21	04:47:40 p.m.	5.5	VI	30°30′0″S 58°0′0″W	20
1948 Salta earthquake	1948-08-25	06:09:23 a.m.	7.0	IX	24°53′59″S 64°47′59″W	30
1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquake	1949-12-17	06:53:30 a.m.	7.8	VIII	54°0′0″S 68°46′11″W	20
1952 San Juan earthquake	1952-06-11	12:31:37 a.m.	7.0	VIII	31°36′0″S 68°35′59″W	20
1955 Villa Giardino earthquake	1955-03-28	06:20:41 a.m.	6.9	VI	30°48′0″S 45°42′0″W	15
1957 Villa Castelli earthquake	1957-10-24	08:07:21 p.m.	6.0	VII	28°53′59″S 68°0′0″W	23
1959 San Andrés earthquake	1959-05-12	09:46:55 a.m.	6.8	VIII	23°10′47″S 64°39′0″W	60
1966 Belén earthquake	1966-10-21	12:39:39 p.m.	5.0	VII	27°43′11″S 62°20′24″W	30
1966 Tartagal earthquake	1966-10-30	05:43:52 a.m.	4.8	VI	22°25′12″S 63°53′59″W	12
1966 San Juan earthquake	1966-11-10	03:02:32 a.m.	5.9	VI	31°56′59″S 68°24′0″W	70
1967 Mendoza earthquake	1967-04-25	10:36:15 a.m.	5.4	VI	32°43′11″S 69°10′12″W	28
1968 Chaco earthquake	1968-10-15	07:54:20 p.m.	5.0	VI	26°52′12″S 60°52′48″W	45
1972 San Juan earthquake	1972-09-26	09:05:43 p.m.	5.8	VI	30°53′59″S 68°12′35″W	10
1973 Catamarca earthquake	1973-11-03	02:17:38 p.m.	5.8	VI	25°58′48″S 67°42′35″W	17
1973 Salta earthquake	1973-11-19	11:19:32 a.m.	5.4	VII	24°34′12″S 64°34′47″W	7
1974 Orán earthquake	1974-08-17	10:08:46 p.m.	5.0	VII	23°18′0″S 64°24′0″W	19
1977 La Rioja earthquake	1977-06-07	01:31:23 p.m.	5.1	VII	29°44′23″S 67°47′59″W	63
1977 San Juan earthquake	1977-11-23	09:26:23 a.m.	7.4	IX	31°2′23″S 67°45′36″W	11
1977 San Juan earthquake (aftershock)	1977-12-06	05:05:06 p.m.	5.9	VI	31°13′48″S 67°54′0″W	13
1978 San Juan earthquake (aftershock)	1978-01-17	11:33:14 a.m.	5.7	VI	31°15′0″S 67°59′23″W	12
1981 Tucumán earthquake	1981-05-09	09:50:39 a.m.	5.0	VI	26°34′12″S 64°53′24″W	23
1985 Mendoza earthquake	1985-01-26	03:07:00 a.m.	5.9	VIII	33°7′11″S 68°49′11″W	7
1992 Timbo Viejo earthquake	1992-02-29	04:17:19 p.m.	5.2	VI	26°40′47″S 64°55′48″W	14
1993 San Juan earthquake	1993-06-08	11:17:41 p.m.	6.5	VI	31°33′35″S 69°13′48″W	70
1993 San Juan earthquake	1993-10-30	05:59:02 p.m.	5.9	VI	31°41′59″S 68°13′48″W	66
1993 San Francisco earthquake	1993-12-17	05:30:26 a.m.	4.3	VI	23°33′35″S 65°0′36″W	37
1997 Santiago del Estero earthquake	1997-06-17	07:15:00 p.m.	5.5	VI
2002 La Rioja earthquake	2002-05-28		6.0	VIII
2004 Catamarca earthquake	2004-09-07	08:53:00 a.m.	6.4	VII		35
2006 Mendoza earthquake	2006-08-05	11:03:00 a.m.	5.7	V-VI	33°13′S 68°57′W	20
2009 Jujuy earthquake	2009-11-06	05:49:00 a.m.	5.5	V-VI	23°30′21″S 64°33′43″W	9
2009 Ituizaingó earthquake	2009-11-10	02:40:00 p.m.	3.5	III	27°18′00″S 56°42′50.4″W	9
2009 Córdoba earthquake	2009-12-25	09:42:00 p.m.	4.0	III		16
2010 Ushuaia earthquake	2010-01-17	08:00:00 a.m.	6.5	VII	58°05′49″S 66°39′4″W	16
2010 San Juan earthquake	2010-01-18	09:28:00 a.m.	5.5	IV-V		70
2010 Tucumán earthquake	2010-01-19	02:28:00 p.m.	5.4	VII		16
2010 Salta earthquake	2010-02-27	12:45:00 a.m.	6.1	VI	24°35′16.8″S 65°25′55.2″W	24
2011 Santiago del Estero earthquake	2011-01-1		7.0	VII	26.758°S 63.103°W / -26.758; -63.103	562
2011 Santiago del Estero earthquake	2011-02-21		5,9	V		27
2011 Santiago del Estero earthquake	2011-09-2		6,9	III		635

See also

• List of earthquakes in Mendoza Province

References

• (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica. Listado de Terremotos Históricos.