• Strong M6.2 earthquake hit near La Rioja, Argentina

    A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit Argentina at 14:01 UTC on November 13, 2016. The agency is reporting a depth of 100.6 km (62 miles). The epicenter was located 3.1 km (1.9 miles) E of Famatina (population 0), 26.5 km (16.4 miles) N of Chilecito…

  • Strong M6.1 earthquake at intermediate depth hits Jujuy, Argentina

    A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Jujuy, Argentina at 14:15 UTC on August 4, 2016. The agency reported a depth of 254 km (158 miles). According to the USGS, the epicenter was located 48.6 km (30.2 miles) WSW of La Quiaca (Population: 14 751),…

  • Shallow M6.0 earthquake hits near Salta, Argentina

    Shallow earthquake registered by USGS as M6.0 hit near the city of Salta, Argentina at 11:33 UTC on October 17, 2015. USGS reports depth of 17.9 km (11.1 miles). EMSC is reporting mb 6.0 at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles). According to the USGS, epicenter was located…

  • Very strong and deep M6.7 earthquake hits Jujuy, Argentina

    A very strong and deep earthquake measuring M6.7 hit Jujuy, Argentina at 18:57 UTC on February 11, 2015. USGS is reporting depth of 190.8 km (118.5 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.6 at a depth of 180 km (111 miles).Epicenter was located 93 km (58 mi) W of El Aguilar, 128 k