January 15, 1940 Earthquake: San Juan, Argentina

Name: January 15, 1940 Earthquake: San Juan, Argentina
Start: 1940-01-15
Location: San Juan, Argentina

January 15, 1940

An earthquake struck San Juan, Argentina on January 15, 1940.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: January 15, 1940
Place: San Juan, Argentina
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 31.000° S, 69.000° W
Country: Argentina

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

January 15, 1944, San Juan Province, ArgentinaM6.9 · 10,000 deaths · $100 million · 73 km
December 17, 1920, Mendoza, ArgentinaM6.7 · 400 deaths · 115 km
November 23, 1977, Mendoza, San Juan Province, ArgentinaM7.5 · 65 deaths · $80 million · 111 km
June 11, 1952, San Juan, ArgentinaM6.8 · 5 deaths · 89 km
August 12, 1903, Mendoza, ArgentinaM6 · 3 deaths · 123 km
January 19, 2021, San Juan Province, ArgentinaM6.4 · $250 million · 94 km
October 27, 1894, La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza, ArgentinaM7.5 · 121 km
April 14, 1927, Mendoza, Chile, ArgentinaM7.4 · 158 km
December 29, 1972, Central, ChileM5.4 · 196 km

Significant earthquakes of 1940 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1940 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

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 3772.