M4.3 earthquake Jujuy, Argentina
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Jujuy, Argentina on Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 9:49 AM GMT-4 (13:49 UTC), 243 km (151 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-15 13:49:57 UTC
- Depth
- 242.7 km (150.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.003° S, 66.252° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2122 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2039 days ago · 229 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Jujuy, Argentina · 2033 days ago · 228 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6118 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2023 days ago · 200 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.586 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2022 days ago · 244 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3Jujuy, Argentina · 2018 days ago · 238 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.294 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2006 days ago · 196 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.8112 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2005 days ago · 211 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.581 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2000 days ago · 220 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.469 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2063 days ago · 224 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.592 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2077 days ago · 211 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3123 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2079 days ago · 221 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2083 days ago · 277 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2111 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina · 2083 days ago · 235 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.390 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina · 2085 days ago · 225 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dhtt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC.