Argentina earthquakes

M5.7 earthquake 72 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 72 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina on Thu, Nov 24, 1977, 3:20 PM GMT-3 (18:20 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 63 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, Argentina. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.7 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Nov 24, 1977, 3:20 PM GMT-3
UTC: 1977-11-24 18:20:16 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 31.304° S, 67.631° W
Region: Argentina
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.7	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.57	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.6	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 14.5% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 86

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 66.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000rr2 (also filed as gcmtb112477a, gcmt19771124182016, atlas19771124182016, iscgem690849). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC.