M4.8 earthquake 69 km E of Caucete, Argentina

Magnitude

4.8 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sat, Dec 3, 1977, 12:04 PM GMT-3

UTC

1977-12-03 15:04:52 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.678° S, 67.549° W

Region

Argentina

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

14

• Caucete, ArgentinaPopulation 32,454. Forecast69 kmE
• San Juan, ArgentinaPopulation 109,123. Forecast94 kmE
• Córdoba, ArgentinaPopulation 2,106,734. Forecast320 kmW

After

1. 4.578 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaSat, Dec 3, 8:35 PM GMT-3 · 17837 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
2. 5.082 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaSun, Dec 4, 11:06 AM GMT-3 · 17837 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
3. 5.643 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaMon, Dec 5, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 17836 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
4. 5.652 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaTue, Dec 6, 5:41 AM GMT-3 · 17835 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
5. 4.966 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaTue, Dec 6, 9:41 AM GMT-3 · 17835 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
6. 5.963 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaTue, Dec 6, 2:05 PM GMT-3 · 17835 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
7. 5.271 km NE of Caucete, ArgentinaTue, Dec 6, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 17835 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
8. 5.264 km ENE of San Martín, ArgentinaWed, Dec 7, 12:22 AM GMT-3 · 17834 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
9. 5.257 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaFri, Dec 9, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 17831 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
10. 5.663 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSat, Dec 10, 4:11 AM GMT-3 · 17831 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
11. 5.340 km NE of Caucete, ArgentinaSat, Dec 10, 5:36 AM GMT-3 · 17831 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
12. 5.361 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSat, Dec 10, 11:19 AM GMT-3 · 17831 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
13. 4.963 km S of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaMon, Dec 12, 1:02 PM GMT-3 · 17829 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
14. 5.480 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaTue, Dec 13, 7:06 AM GMT-3 · 17828 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
15. 4.779 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaTue, Dec 20, 6:12 PM GMT-3 · 17820 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
16. 5.766 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaWed, Dec 21, 12:47 AM GMT-3 · 17820 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
17. 5.351 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaThu, Dec 22, 11:25 PM GMT-3 · 17818 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
18. 4.771 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaFri, Dec 23, 12:04 AM GMT-3 · 17818 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
19. 4.367 km S of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaFri, Dec 23, 7:25 AM GMT-3 · 17818 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
20. 5.158 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSun, Jan 1, 7:50 AM GMT-3 · 17809 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
21. 5.244 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaMon, Jan 2, 10:10 PM GMT-3 · 17807 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
22. 4.966 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaTue, Jan 3, 3:31 AM GMT-3 · 17807 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
23. 4.547 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaSun, Jan 15, 9:17 PM GMT-3 · 17794 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
24. 5.856 km NE of Caucete, ArgentinaTue, Jan 17, 8:33 AM GMT-3 · 17793 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
25. 4.630 km SE of Caucete, ArgentinaSun, Jan 22, 9:08 AM GMT-3 · 17788 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away

Before

1. 4.656 km S of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaFri, Dec 2, 11:34 PM GMT-3 · 17838 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
2. 4.896 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaThu, Dec 1, 3:39 AM GMT-3 · 17840 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
3. 4.286 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaThu, Dec 1, 12:11 AM GMT-3 · 17840 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
4. 5.158 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaTue, Nov 29, 12:18 AM GMT-3 · 17842 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
5. 4.879 km ENE of Caucete, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 9:33 PM GMT-3 · 17842 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
6. 4.8San Juan, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 8:08 PM GMT-3 · 17842 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
7. 5.151 km SE of Caucete, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 9:48 AM GMT-3 · 17843 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
8. 4.897 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 5:05 AM GMT-3 · 17843 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
9. 5.879 km S of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 3:31 AM GMT-3 · 17843 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
10. 5.448 km WSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 17843 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
11. 5.550 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 1:19 AM GMT-3 · 17843 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
12. 4.471 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaMon, Nov 28, 1:00 AM GMT-3 · 17843 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
13. 5.445 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSun, Nov 27, 9:17 PM GMT-3 · 17843 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
14. 5.162 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaSun, Nov 27, 5:15 PM GMT-3 · 17844 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
15. 4.735 km NNE of Caucete, ArgentinaSun, Nov 27, 2:03 PM GMT-3 · 17844 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
16. 4.763 km E of Caucete, ArgentinaSun, Nov 27, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 17844 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
17. 5.066 km S of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSun, Nov 27, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 17844 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
18. 4.850 km SW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSun, Nov 27, 3:26 AM GMT-3 · 17844 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
19. 4.958 km SSW of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSat, Nov 26, 5:26 PM GMT-3 · 17845 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
20. 4.969 km S of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, ArgentinaSat, Nov 26, 10:52 AM GMT-3 · 17845 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000rx6. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:28 AM UTC.