M6.1 earthquake near Caucete, San Juan

What happened

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 34 km SSE of Nueve de Julio, Argentina on 10 Nov 1966, 03:02 UTC at a depth of 113 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.

The nearest town in our records is Caucete, about 36 km away in San Juan, Argentina.