M4.3 earthquake Jujuy, Argentina
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Jujuy, Argentina on Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 7:45 PM GMT-4 (23:45 UTC), 238 km (148 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 44 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-25 23:45:11 UTC
- Depth
- 238.4 km (148.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.523° S, 66.121° W
- Region
- Argentina
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.5 km horizontally, 18.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.581 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2000 days ago · 220 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.575 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1994 days ago · 276 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5122 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1991 days ago · 257 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.744 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1983 days ago · 250 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.293 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1963 days ago · 229 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.586 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2021 days ago · 244 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6118 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2022 days ago · 200 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5Jujuy, Argentina · 2033 days ago · 228 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.334 km W of Villazón, Bolivia · 2048 days ago · 272 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dwif. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC.