M4.0 earthquake 97 km E of Caucete, Argentina
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 97 km E of Caucete, Argentina on Sat, Jun 2, 2018, 2:17 AM GMT-3 (05:17 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 51 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-02 05:17:22 UTC
- Depth
- 113.6 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.523° S, 67.268° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 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 us1000eha2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.