M4.2 earthquake 81 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 81 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 7:32 PM GMT-4 (23:32 UTC), 264 km (164 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 90 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-21 23:32:20 UTC
- Depth
- 263.8 km (163.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.533° S, 66.459° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7102 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1929 days ago · 237 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 4.990 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1922 days ago · 215 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.455 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1913 days ago · 251 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.394 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 1896 days ago · 191 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Jujuy, Argentina · 1880 days ago · 254 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2111 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1880 days ago · 221 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ef21. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.