May 22, 1782 Earthquake: Mendoza, Argentina

Date

May 22, 1782

Time

16:00 UTC

Place

Mendoza, Argentina

Magnitude

7 (Ms)

Focal depth

30 km (19 mi)

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

33.000° S, 69.200° W

Country

Argentina

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• March 20, 1861, Mendoza, San Luiz, Argentina14,000 deaths · 43 km
• January 15, 1944, San Juan Province, ArgentinaM6.9 · 10,000 deaths · $100 million · 180 km
• May 14, 1647, Santiago, ChileM8.5 · 1,000 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 138 km
• December 17, 1920, Mendoza, ArgentinaM6.7 · 400 deaths · 142 km
• March 28, 1965, Central, ChileM7.3 · 400 deaths · $125 million · 199 km
• July 9, 1971, Central, ChileM7.8 · 83 deaths · $236.4 million · 195 km
• September 4, 1958, Chile-ArgentinaM6.8 · 7 deaths · 122 km
• January 26, 1985, West Central, Mendoza, LA Ligua, ArgentinaM6 · 6 deaths · $5 million · 12,500 houses destroyed · 47 km
• June 11, 1952, San Juan, ArgentinaM6.8 · 5 deaths · 162 km
• August 12, 1903, Mendoza, ArgentinaM6 · 3 deaths · 101 km
• August 2, 2017, Santiago, ChileM5.4 · 1 death · 135 km
• December 10, 2008, Potrerillos, ArgentinaM4.1 · 9 km
• August 5, 2006, Mendoza, ArgentinaM5.6 · 48 km
• April 14, 1927, Mendoza, Chile, ArgentinaM7.4 · 67 km
• October 27, 1894, La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza, ArgentinaM7.5 · 129 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10866.