M4.3 earthquake 48 km SW of Pocito, Argentina
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 48 km SW of Pocito, Argentina on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 1:30 AM GMT-3 (04:30 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-22 04:30:51 UTC
- Depth
- 24.7 km (15.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.003° S, 68.930° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 7°, dip 75°, rake -152°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 270°, dip 63°, rake -16°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 78
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.334 km W of Mendoza, Argentina · 3088 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.248 km WSW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina · 3061 days ago · 118 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d7ds. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC.