M7.0 earthquake 22 km NW of Añatuya, Argentina
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 22 km NW of Añatuya, Argentina on Sun, Apr 23, 2000, 6:27 AM GMT-3 (09:27 UTC), 609 km (378 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.0 (mwb), major
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-04-23 09:27:23 UTC
- Depth
- 608.5 km (378.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 28.307° S, 62.990° W
- Region
- Argentina
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 6.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 289°, dip 4°, rake 206°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 173°, dip 87°, rake -85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009rrc (also filed as choy20000423092723, gcmtc042300b, gcmt20000423092723, duputel042300b, atlas20000423092724, iscgem2208257). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.