List of earthquakes in Argentina

This is a list of earthquakes in Argentina. Details are approximate for older events. Magnitude is measured on the Richter scale. Intensity is measured on the Mercalli intensity scale. Depth is given in kilometres.

1600–1899 Date Time Intensity Epicenter Depth Death toll Sources 1692 Salta earthquake 1692-09-13 11:00:00 a.m. 7.0 30 13 1782 Mendoza earthquake 1782-05-22 4:00:00 p.m. 7.0 VIII 30 - 1817 Santiago del Estero earthquake 1817-07-04 5:30:00 p.m. 7.0 VIII 30 - 1826 Trancas earthquake 1826-01-19 8:00:00 a.m. 6.4 VIII 30 2 1844 Salta earthquake 1844-10-18 11:00:00 p.m. 6.5 VII 30 - 1861 Mendoza earthquake 1861-03-20 11:00:00 p.m. 7.2 -X 30 4247 1863 Jujuy earthquake 1863-01-14 11:00:00 a.m. 6.4 VIII 30 - 1871 Orán earthquake 1871-10-09 2:15:00 a.m. 6.4 VIII 30 20 1874 Orán earthquake 1874-07-06 7:00:00 p.m. 6.0 VII 30 - 1880 Tunuyan earthquake 1880-08-19 9:30:00 p.m. 5.5 VI 30 1 1888 Río de la Plata earthquake 1888-06-05 3:20:00 a.m. 5.5 VI 30 - 1892 Recreo earthquake 1892-03-21 1:45:00 a.m. 6.0 VII 30 - 1894 San Juan earthquake 1894-10-27 7:30:00 p.m. 7.5 30 58 1898 Catamarca earthquake 1898-02-05 12:57:00 a.m. 6.4 VIII 30 - 1899 Yacuiba earthquake 1899-03-23 8:00:00 a.m. 6.4 VIII 30 3 1899 La Rioja earthquake 1899-04-12 4:10:00 p.m. 6.4 VIII 30 11

20th century Date Time Intensity Epicenter Depth Death toll Sources 1903 Mendoza earthquake 1903-08-12 11:00:00 p.m. 6.0 VII 70 7 1906 Tafí del Valle earthquake 1906-11-17 4:30:00 p.m. 6.0 VII 30 - 1907 Tucumán earthquake 1907-08-11 1:15:00 a.m. 5.5 VI 30 - 1908 Salta earthquake 1908-02-05 8:50:00 p.m. 6.0 VII 30 - 1908 Cruz del Eje earthquake 1908-09-22 5:00:00 p.m. 6.5 VII 100 - 1913 Tucumán earthquake 1913-11-06 4:45:00 p.m. 5.5 VI 30 - 1917 Mendoza earthquake 1917-07-27 2:51:40 a.m. 6.5 VII 50 2 1920 Mendoza earthquake 1920-12-17 6:59:49 p.m. 6.0 VIII 40 250 1927 Mendoza earthquake 1927-04-14 6:23:28 a.m. 7.1 VIII 110 2 1929 Mendoza earthquake 1929-05-23 5:04:00 a.m. 5.7 VI 30 - 1929 Southern Mendoza earthquake 1929-05-30 9:43:24 a.m. 6.8 VIII 40 40 1930 La Poma earthquake 1930-12-24 6:02:50 a.m. 6.0 VIII 30 33 1931 El Naranjo earthquake 1931-04-03 3:19:06 a.m. 6.3 VII 180 - 1933 Tucumán earthquake 1933-02-12 4:05:00 a.m. 5.5 VI 30 - 1934 Sampacho earthquake 1934-06-11 3:07:09 a.m. 6.0 VIII 30 - 1936 San Luis earthquake 1936-05-22 12:15:58 a.m. 6.0 VIII 40 - 1941 San Juan earthquake 1941-07-03 7:11:43 a.m. 6.2 VII 20 2 1944 San Juan earthquake 1944-01-15 11:49:27 p.m. 7.4 30 10000 1947 Córdoba earthquake 1947-01-16 2:37:40 a.m. 5.5 VII 50 - 1948 Corrientes earthquake 1948-01-21 4:47:40 p.m. 5.5 VI 30 - 1948 Salta earthquake 1948-08-25 6:09:23 a.m. 7.0 50 2 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakess 1949-12-17 6:53:30 a.m. 7.7 VIII 30 1 1952 San Juan earthquake 1952-06-11 12:31:37 a.m. 7.0 VIII 30 2 1955 Villa Giardino earthquake 1955-05-28 6:20:41 a.m. 7.3 VI 25 - 1957 Villa Castelli earthquake 1957-10-24 8:07:21 p.m. 6.0 VII 37 - 1959 San Andrés earthquake 1959-05-12 9:46:55 a.m. 6.8 VIII 100 - 1966 Belén earthquake 1966-10-21 12:39:39 p.m. 5.0 VII 50 - 1966 Tartagal earthquake 1966-10-30 5:43:52 a.m. 4.8 VI 20 - 1966 San Juan earthquake 1966-11-10 3:02:32 a.m. 5.9 VI 110 - 1967 Mendoza earthquake 1967-04-25 10:36:15 a.m. 5.4 VI 45 - 1968 Chaco earthquake 1968-10-15 7:54:20 p.m. 5.0 VI 70 - 1972 San Juan earthquake 1972-09-26 9:05:43 p.m. 5.8 VI 17 - 1973 Catamarca earthquake 1973-11-03 2:17:38 p.m. 5.8 VI 27 - 1973 Salta earthquake 1973-11-19 11:19:32 a.m. 5.9 VII 12 - 1974 Orán earthquake 1974-08-17 10:08:46 p.m. 5.0 VII 30 - 1977 La Rioja earthquake 1977-06-07 1:31:23 p.m. 5.1 VII 102 - 1977 San Juan earthquake 1977-11-23 9:26:23 a.m. 7.4 17 65 1977 San Juan earthquake (aftershock) 1977-12-06 5:05:06 p.m. 5.9 VI 21 - 1978 San Juan earthquake (aftershock) 1978-01-17 11:33:14 a.m. 5.7 VI 20 - 1981 Tucumán earthquake 1981-05-09 9:50:39 a.m. 5.0 VI 38 - 1985 Mendoza earthquake 1985-01-26 3:07:00 a.m. 6.2 VIII 12 6 1992 Timbo Viejo earthquake 1992-02-29 4:17:19 p.m. 5.2 VI 23 - 1993 San Juan earthquake 1993-06-08 11:17:41 p.m. 6.5 VI 113 - 1993 San Juan earthquake 1993-10-30 5:59:02 p.m. 5.9 VI 107 - 1993 San Francisco earthquake 1993-12-17 5:30:26 a.m. 4.3 VI 60 - 1997 Santiago del Estero earthquake 1997-06-17 7:15:00 p.m. 5.5 VI 28.2 -

21st century Date Time Intensity Epicenter Depth Death toll Sources 2002 La Rioja earthquake 2002-05-28 1:04:28 a.m. 6.0 VIII 22 - 2004 Catamarca earthquake 2004-09-07 8:53:00 a.m. 6.4 VII 22 1 2006 Mendoza earthquake 2006-08-05 11:03:00 a.m. 5.7 V-VI 22 - 2009 Jujuy earthquake 2009-11-06 5:49:00 a.m. 5.5 V-VI 5 - 2010 Ushuaia earthquake 2010-01-17 8:00:00 a.m. 6.5 VII 5 - 2010 Salta earthquake 2010-02-27 12:45:00 a.m. 6.1 VII 24 2 2011 Santiago del Estero earthquake 2011-01-1 17:28:15 UTC 7.0 VII 592.9 - 2015 El Galpon earthquake 2015-10-17 11:33:09 UTC 5.8 VI 17 1 2021 San Juan earthquake 2021-01-19 02:46:22 UTC 6.4 VII 20.8 - 2025 Drake Passage earthquake 2025-05-02 12:58:26 UTC V 10

See also

List of earthquakes in Mendoza Province

References