M2.3 earthquake 34 km W of Mendoza, Argentina
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 34 km W of Mendoza, Argentina on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 11:07 PM GMT-3 (02:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-19 02:07:30 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.854° S, 69.192° W
- Region
- Argentina
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people 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 3.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 227°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
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
- 4.032 km WSW of San Martín, Argentina · 3078 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 4.857 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile · 3074 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 148
- 4.263 km SW of Mendoza, Argentina · 3053 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dnfp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.