M5.0 earthquake 24 km NNW of Albardón, Argentina
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 24 km NNW of Albardón, Argentina on Mon, May 28, 2018, 5:59 PM GMT-3 (20:59 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-28 20:59:35 UTC
- Depth
- 106.3 km (66.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.228° S, 68.608° W
- Region
- Argentina
- Felt reports
- 9
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.062 · 25 stations |
| 5.02 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.0 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 28°, dip 38°, rake -98°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 219°, dip 52°, rake -83°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.2 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 22°
- Stations used
- 114
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.620 km NW of Albardón, Argentina · 3031 days ago · 115 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.637 km NNW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina · 3029 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.351 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina · 3029 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.132 km S of Nueve de Julio, Argentina · 3021 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000edk8 (also filed as iscgem611955270). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC.