M4.4 earthquake 61 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 61 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina on Wed, Jan 31, 2018, 7:57 PM GMT-3 (22:57 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 30 km SSE of Pocito, Argentina. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-31 22:57:32 UTC
- Depth
- 38.1 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.379° S, 67.716° W
- Region
- Argentina
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.1 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 50
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.563 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina · 3140 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.730 km SSE of Pocito, Argentina · 3131 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d0wy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.