M4.4 earthquake 69 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 69 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina on Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 5:23 AM GMT-4 (09:23 UTC), 224 km (139 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 118 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-09 09:23:25 UTC
- Depth
- 224.2 km (139.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.151° S, 66.353° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.455 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2059 days ago · 213 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Jujuy, Argentina · 2058 days ago · 243 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2122 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2039 days ago · 229 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5Jujuy, Argentina · 2034 days ago · 228 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6118 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2024 days ago · 200 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.586 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2023 days ago · 244 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3Jujuy, Argentina · 2019 days ago · 238 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.294 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2007 days ago · 196 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.8112 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2006 days ago · 211 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.592 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2078 days ago · 211 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3123 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2080 days ago · 221 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2084 days ago · 277 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2111 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2084 days ago · 235 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.390 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2086 days ago · 225 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dfwq. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.