M4.3 earthquake Jujuy, Argentina
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Jujuy, Argentina on Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 4:17 AM GMT-4 (08:17 UTC), 232 km (144 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 73 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-28 08:17:11 UTC
- Depth
- 231.5 km (143.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.714° S, 66.929° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.444 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2939 days ago · 226 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.552 km NW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2934 days ago · 267 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.170 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2924 days ago · 173 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.973 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2919 days ago · 242 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2103 km WNW of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2915 days ago · 250 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4108 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2914 days ago · 218 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.496 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2909 days ago · 208 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.5120 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2958 days ago · 255 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.8146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2964 days ago · 177 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.051 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2966 days ago · 267 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0118 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2967 days ago · 186 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.246 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2969 days ago · 254 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3113 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2978 days ago · 253 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000giij. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.