M4.7 earthquake 30 km SSE of Pocito, Argentina
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 30 km SSE of Pocito, Argentina on Tue, Mar 6, 2018, 11:13 AM GMT-3 (14:13 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-06 14:13:54 UTC
- Depth
- 120.8 km (75.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.942° S, 68.478° 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 IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.6 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 183
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.557 km SW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina · 3124 days ago · 115 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.348 km SW of Pocito, Argentina · 3115 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.367 km ENE of Caucete, Argentina · 3092 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dcwr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.