M4.5 earthquake 63 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 63 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina on Sun, Feb 25, 2018, 8:18 AM GMT-3 (11:18 UTC), 53 km (33 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-25 11:18:59 UTC
- Depth
- 53.4 km (33.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.477° S, 67.640° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.730 km SSE of Pocito, Argentina · 3131 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.499 km E of Caucete, Argentina · 3094 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.367 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina · 3093 days ago · 46 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d7n7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.