Argentina

Natural hazards, earthquakes, volcanoes, weather warnings and conditions across Argentina, with every town we track. Updated automatically from official sources.

Notable events, 12 months

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Quakes, 12 months (all sizes)

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Strongest quake, 10 years

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Recent activity

Notable events in Argentina in the last 90 days.

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Deadliest disasters in history

Damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and eruptions in Argentina, from NOAA records going back centuries.

Earthquake, Mendoza, San Luiz
20 March 1861Triggered a tsunami14,000 killed
M6.9 earthquake, San Juan Province
15 January 194410,000 killed35,000 injured$100m damage
M6.7 earthquake, Mendoza
17 December 1920400 killed
M7.5 earthquake, San Juan Province: Mendoza
23 November 197765 killed300 injured$80m damage
M6.1 earthquake, La Poma
24 December 193031 killed70 injured
M6.7 earthquake, Mendoza
30 May 192931 killed65 injured
Earthquake, La Rioja
12 April 189911 killed
M7.0 earthquake, Santiago, Esteco, Rio de Las Piedras
13 September 169211 killed
M6.0 earthquake, West Central, Mendoza, la Ligua
26 January 19856 killed238 injured12,500 homes destroyed$5m damage
M6.8 earthquake, San Juan
11 June 19525 killed35 injured