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.

1600-1899

	Date	Time	ṃ	Intensity	Epicenter	Depth	Death toll
1692 Salta earthquake	1692-09-13	11:00:00 a.m.	7.0	IX		20	13
1782 Mendoza earthquake	1782-05-22	04:00:00 p.m.	7.0	VIII		20	-
1817 Santiago del Estero earthquake	1817-07-04	05:30:00 p.m.	7.0	VIII		20	-
1826 Trancas earthquake	1826-01-19	08:00:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII		20	2
1844 Salta earthquake	1844-10-18	11:00:00 p.m.	6.5	VII		20	-
1861 Mendoza earthquake	1861-03-20	11:00:00 p.m.	7.0	IX		20	4,247
1863 Jujuy earthquake	1863-01-14	11:00:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII		20	-
1871 Orán earthquake	1871-10-09	02:15:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII		20	20
1874 Orán earthquake	1874-07-06	07:00:00 p.m.	6.0	VII		20	-
1880 Tunuyan earthquake	1880-08-19	09:30:00 p.m.	5.5	VI		20	1
1888 Río de la Plata earthquake	1888-06-05	03:20:00 a.m.	5.5	VI		20	-
1892 Recreo earthquake	1892-03-21	01:45:00 a.m.	6.0	VII		20	-
1894 San Juan earthquake	1894-10-27	07:30:00 p.m.	8.0	IX		20	58
1898 Catamarca earthquake	1898-02-05	12:57:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII		20	-
1899 Yacuiba earthquake	1899-03-23	08:00:00 a.m.	6.4	VIII		20	3
1899 La Rioja earthquake	1899-04-12	04:10:00 p.m.	6.4	VIII		20	11

20th century

	Date	Time	ṃ	Intensity	Epicenter	Depth	Death toll
1903 Mendoza earthquake	1903-08-12	11:00:00 p.m.	6.0	VII		45	7
1906 Tafí del Valle earthquake	1906-11-17	04:30:00 p.m.	6.0	VII		20	-
1907 Tucumán earthquake	1907-08-11	01:15:00 a.m.	5.5	VI		20	-
1908 Salta earthquake	1908-02-05	08:50:00 p.m.	6.0	VII		20	-
1908 Cruz del Eje earthquake	1908-09-22	05:00:00 p.m.	6.5	VII		60	-
1913 Tucumán earthquake	1913-11-06	04:45:00 p.m.	5.5	VI		20	-
1917 Mendoza earthquake	1917-07-27	02:51:40 a.m.	6.5	VII		30	2
1920 Mendoza earthquake	1920-12-17	06:59:49 p.m.	6.0	VIII		25	250
1927 Mendoza earthquake	1927-04-14	06:23:28 a.m.	7.1	VIII		70	2
1929 Mendoza earthquake	1929-05-23	05:04:00 a.m.	5.7	VI		20	-
1929 Southern Mendoza earthquake	1929-05-30	09:43:24 a.m.	6.8	VIII		25	40
1930 La Poma earthquake	1930-12-24	06:02:50 a.m.	6.0	VIII		20	33
1931 El Naranjo earthquake	1931-04-03	03:19:06 a.m.	6.3	VII		110	-
1933 Tucumán earthquake	1933-02-12	04:05:00 a.m.	5.5	VI		20	-
1934 Sampacho earthquake	1934-06-11	03:07:09 a.m.	6.0	VIII		20	-
1936 San Luis earthquake	1936-05-22	12:15:58 a.m.	6.0	VIII		25	-
1941 San Juan earthquake	1941-07-03	07:11:43 a.m.	6.2	VII		12	2
1944 San Juan earthquake	1944-01-15	11:49:27 p.m.	7.4	IX		20	10,000
1947 Córdoba earthquake	1947-01-16	02:37:40 a.m.	5.5	VII		30	-
1948 Corrientes earthquake	1948-01-21	04:47:40 p.m.	5.5	VI		20	-
1948 Salta earthquake	1948-08-25	06:09:23 a.m.	7.0	IX		30	2
1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquake	1949-12-17	06:53:30 a.m.	7.8	VIII		20	1
1952 San Juan earthquake	1952-06-11	12:31:37 a.m.	7.0	VIII		20	2
1955 Villa Giardino earthquake	1955-05-28	06:20:41 a.m.	7.3	VI		215	-
1957 Villa Castelli earthquake	1957-10-24	08:07:21 p.m.	6.0	VII		23	-
1959 San Andrés earthquake	1959-05-12	09:46:55 a.m.	6.8	VIII		60	-
1966 Belén earthquake	1966-10-21	12:39:39 p.m.	5.0	VII		30	-
1966 Tartagal earthquake	1966-10-30	05:43:52 a.m.	4.8	VI		12	-
1966 San Juan earthquake	1966-11-10	03:02:32 a.m.	5.9	VI		70	-
1967 Mendoza earthquake	1967-04-25	10:36:15 a.m.	5.4	VI		28	-
1968 Chaco earthquake	1968-10-15	07:54:20 p.m.	5.0	VI		45	-
1972 San Juan earthquake	1972-09-26	09:05:43 p.m.	5.8	VI		10	-
1973 Catamarca earthquake	1973-11-03	02:17:38 p.m.	5.8	VI		17	-
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		19	-
1977 La Rioja earthquake	1977-06-07	01:31:23 p.m.	5.1	VII		63	-
1977 San Juan earthquake	1977-11-23	09:26:23 a.m.	7.4	IX		11	65
1977 San Juan earthquake (aftershock)	1977-12-06	05:05:06 p.m.	5.9	VI		13	-
1978 San Juan earthquake (aftershock)	1978-01-17	11:33:14 a.m.	5.7	VI		12	-
1981 Tucumán earthquake	1981-05-09	09:50:39 a.m.	5.0	VI		23	-
1985 Mendoza earthquake	1985-01-26	03:07:00 a.m.	5.9	VIII		7	6
1992 Timbo Viejo earthquake	1992-02-29	04:17:19 p.m.	5.2	VI		14	-
1993 San Juan earthquake	1993-06-08	11:17:41 p.m.	6.5	VI		70	-
1993 San Juan earthquake	1993-10-30	05:59:02 p.m.	5.9	VI		66	-
1993 San Francisco earthquake	1993-12-17	05:30:26 a.m.	4.3	VI		37	-
1997 Santiago del Estero earthquake	1997-06-17	07:15:00 p.m.	5.5	VI			-

21st century

	Date	Time	ṃ	Intensity	Epicenter	Depth	Death toll
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	1
2006 Mendoza earthquake	2006-08-05	11:03:00 a.m.	5.7	V-VI		20	-
2009 Jujuy earthquake	2009-11-06	05:49:00 a.m.	5.5	V-VI		9	-
2010 Ushuaia earthquake	2010-01-17	08:00:00 a.m.	6.5	VII		16	-
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	VII		24	2
2011 Santiago del Estero earthquake	2011-01-1		7.0	VII		562	-
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	-

See also

• List of earthquakes in Mendoza Province

References

• Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica. Listado de Terremotos Históricos.