M4.6 earthquake 26 km W of Mendoza, Argentina
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 26 km W of Mendoza, Argentina on Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 8:20 PM GMT-3 (23:20 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-23 23:20:38 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.887° S, 69.112° W
- Region
- Argentina
- Felt reports
- 24
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Some buildings damaged in the Godoy Cruz-Las Heras-Villa Nueva area. Rockslides occurred on National Route 7 near Guido.
From the USGS event page for us6000ep6y. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
24 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 113°, dip 37°, rake 25°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 2°, dip 75°, rake 124°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 103
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.034 km W of Mendoza, Argentina · 1930 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 4.289 km NE of Los Andes, Chile · 1880 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ep6y. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC.