M4.2 earthquake 24 km NE of Calingasta, Argentina
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 24 km NE of Calingasta, Argentina on Sun, Jul 4, 2021, 6:12 AM GMT-3 (09:12 UTC), 125 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 40 km NNW of San Martín, 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
- 2021-07-04 09:12:49 UTC
- Depth
- 124.6 km (77.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.167° S, 69.252° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 50
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.436 km N of Calingasta, Argentina · 1890 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.321 km NNE of San Martín, Argentina · 1884 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.323 km WSW of Pocito, Argentina · 1884 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.642 km WSW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina · 1880 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.740 km NNW of San Martín, Argentina · 1878 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 4.334 km NW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina · 1868 days ago · 115 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.24 km S of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina · 1864 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.531 km NE of Calingasta, Argentina · 1923 days ago · 111 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.321 km WSW of Pocito, Argentina · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.320 km S of Calingasta, Argentina · 1939 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.535 km SE of Calingasta, Argentina · 1947 days ago · 109 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eim1. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.