Significant Earthquakes in Argentina
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Argentina, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Argentina with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 39
- Deaths counted
- 24,568
- Earliest
- 1692
The deadliest
- March 20, 1861, Mendoza, San Luiz, Argentina
- January 15, 1944, San Juan Province, Argentina
- December 17, 1920, Mendoza, Argentina
- November 23, 1977, Mendoza, San Juan Province, Argentina
- May 30, 1929, Mendoza, Argentina
- December 24, 1930, La Poma, Argentina
- September 13, 1692, Santiago, Esteco, Rio DE Las Piedras, Argentina
- April 12, 1899, La Rioja, Argentina
- January 26, 1985, West Central, Mendoza, LA Ligua, Argentina
- June 11, 1952, San Juan, Argentina
- August 12, 1903, Mendoza, Argentina
- February 27, 2010, Salta, Argentina
- October 17, 2015, Galpon, Argentina
- September 7, 2004, Catamarca, Argentina
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- January 19, 2021, San Juan Province, Argentina
- October 17, 2015, Galpon, Argentina
- February 27, 2010, Salta, Argentina
- December 10, 2008, Potrerillos, Argentina
- August 5, 2006, Mendoza, Argentina
- September 7, 2004, Catamarca, Argentina
- May 28, 2002, Aminga, Anillaco, Agua Blanca, Chuquis, Argentina
- January 26, 1985, West Central, Mendoza, LA Ligua, Argentina
- November 23, 1977, Mendoza, San Juan Province, Argentina
- July 1, 1974, Los Toldos, Argentina
- May 12, 1959, Salta, Argentina
- June 11, 1952, San Juan, Argentina
- August 25, 1948, Salta, Argentina
- January 15, 1944, San Juan Province, Argentina
- June 5, 1942, Canada,seca,las Malvinas, Argentina
- January 15, 1940, San Juan, Argentina
- May 22, 1936, San Luis, Argentina
- June 11, 1934, Cordoba, Argentina
- December 24, 1930, La Poma, Argentina
- May 30, 1929, Mendoza, Argentina
- April 14, 1927, Mendoza, Chile, Argentina
- December 17, 1920, Mendoza, Argentina
- June 21, 1916, Argentina
- December 7, 1912, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
- September 22, 1908, Cordoba, Argentina
- August 12, 1903, Mendoza, Argentina
- April 12, 1899, La Rioja, Argentina
- February 5, 1898, Catamarca, Argentina
- October 27, 1894, La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza, Argentina
- March 21, 1892, Catamarca, Argentina
- July 6, 1874, Oran, Argentina
- October 9, 1871, Salta, Argentina
- January 14, 1863, Jujuy, Argentina
- March 20, 1861, Mendoza, San Luiz, Argentina
- October 19, 1844, Salta, Jujuy, Tucuman, Argentina
- January 19, 1826, Candelaria, Trancas, Zarate, El Tala, Argentina
- July 4, 1817, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
- May 22, 1782, Mendoza, Argentina
- September 13, 1692, Santiago, Esteco, Rio DE Las Piedras, Argentina
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
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.