M4.1 earthquake 79 km WSW of Mendoza, Argentina
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 79 km WSW of Mendoza, Argentina on Wed, Nov 1, 2017, 7:26 PM GMT-3 (22:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 63 km E of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-01 22:26:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.181° S, 69.604° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.018 km ENE of Chicureo Abajo, Chile · 3249 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 12
- 4.279 km WSW of Mendoza, Argentina · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 11
- 4.663 km E of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile · 3228 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 9
- 4.352 km SSW of Mendoza, Argentina · 3205 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 4.438 km E of Los Andes, Chile · 3201 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bf7z. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:29 PM UTC.