Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 263 km depth1 Aug 10:40 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeAug 1, 2026 10:35:08 UTC - Local time at epicenterSaturday, Aug 1, 2026, at 10:35 am (Universal Time GMT +0)Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude3.90Depth263 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude24.19°S / 67.31°WDepartamento de Los Andes, Salta Province, ArgentinaAlso near: Chile 18.9 km (12 mi) awaySeismic antipode24.19°N / 112.69°EShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoIncaguasi (29 km / 18 mi)Estimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy5 minutes agoAug 1, 2026 10:35 GMT / Aug 1, 2026 10:35 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: -24.19 / -67.31: Salta, ArgentinaSource: EMSCDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23235021',-24.19000,-67.31000,'5 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Salta, Argentina',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in ArgentinaNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is San Antonio de los Cobres, a town with 4,000 inhabitants in Argentina, in 100 km (62 mi) distance to the east, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. 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It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-08-1EpicenterAgency3.9263 km164 mi10:35:08SALTA, ARGENTINAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,100 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 6 or higher: 0.19 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 5.3 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 3.2 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 131 quakes per year (or 10.9 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 834 quakes per year (or 70 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 1,100 quakes per year (or 2.9 quakes per day)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 11 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1970, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake