Argentina

ARG · 2024 energy mix · renewables 13.3% · fossil fuels 82.6%

Threat reading 8 of 100, classified STABLE. 24 events recorded here in the last seven days, 24 in the last thirty.

That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.

Where its energy comes from

Gas46.8%
Oil34.8%
Hydro7.4%
Wind4.0%
Nuclear2.6%
Coal1.0%
Solar1.0%
Other renewables0.8%

In 2024, renewables accounted for 13.3% and fossil fuels for 82.6%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Argentina is close to balanced on electricity trade.

Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.

Recorded history

NOAA's hazard records hold 38 significant earthquakes and 2 tsunamis in or just off Argentina since 1692.

The deadliest was the 20 March 1861 earthquake (Argentina: Mendoza, San Luiz), which killed 14,000 people.

The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 7.5, on 27 October 1894 (Argentina: la Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza).

The most recent entry is the 19 January 2021 magnitude 6.4 earthquake (Argentina: San Juan Province).

Across the entries that record a death toll, 24,568 people died.

DateWhatWhereToll
20 March 1861earthquakeArgentina: Mendoza, San Luiz14,000 dead, damage over $25 million
15 January 1944magnitude 6.9 earthquakeArgentina: San Juan Province10,000 dead, $100 million damage
17 December 1920magnitude 6.7 earthquakeArgentina: Mendoza400 dead, damage $5 to 25 million
23 November 1977magnitude 7.5 earthquakeArgentina: San Juan Province: Mendoza65 dead, $80 million damage
30 May 1929magnitude 6.7 earthquakeArgentina: Mendoza31 dead, damage $1 to 5 million
24 December 1930magnitude 6.1 earthquakeArgentina: la Poma31 dead, damage $5 to 25 million
13 September 1692magnitude 7.0 earthquakeArgentina: Santiago, Esteco, Rio de Las Piedras11 dead, damage $1 to 5 million
12 April 1899earthquakeArgentina: la Rioja11 dead, damage $1 to 5 million
26 January 1985magnitude 6.0 earthquakeArgentina: West Central, Mendoza, la Ligua6 dead, 12,500 homes destroyed, $5 million damage
11 June 1952magnitude 6.8 earthquakeArgentina: San Juan5 dead, damage $1 to 5 million
12 August 1903magnitude 6.0 earthquakeArgentina: Mendoza3 dead, damage $1 to 5 million
27 February 2010magnitude 6.3 earthquakeArgentina: Salta2 dead
17 October 2015magnitude 5.8 earthquakeArgentina: Galpon2 dead, 15 homes destroyed, damage under $1 million
7 September 2004magnitude 6.1 earthquakeArgentina: Catamarca1 dead, damage under $1 million
21 June 1916magnitude 7.5 earthquakeArgentina-
7 December 1912magnitude 7.5 earthquakeArgentina: Santiago del Estero Province-
27 October 1894magnitude 7.5 earthquakeArgentina: la Rioja, San Juan, Mendozadamage $5 to 25 million
14 April 1927magnitude 7.4 earthquakeArgentina: Mendoza; Chiledamage $1 to 5 million
22 May 1782magnitude 7.0 earthquakeArgentina: Mendozadamage $1 to 5 million
25 August 1948magnitude 6.9 earthquakeArgentina: Saltadamage $1 to 5 million
12 May 1959magnitude 6.6 earthquakeArgentina: Saltadamage $1 to 5 million
22 September 1908magnitude 6.5 earthquakeArgentina: Cordobadamage $1 to 5 million
19 October 1844magnitude 6.5 earthquakeArgentina: Salta, Jujuy, Tucumandamage $5 to 25 million
19 January 2021magnitude 6.4 earthquakeArgentina: San Juan Province$250 million damage
22 May 1936magnitude 6.2 earthquakeArgentina: San Luisdamage $5 to 25 million

These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 40 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.

Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.

In the last 30 days

The most recent events our feeds placed in Argentina:

What the threat reading is made of

Conflict0
Unrest0
Security0
Spillover from neighbours5
Natural hazard13
Resilience75

Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.

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Where the data comes from

Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.