What the records say
- When
- 20 Mar 1861
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Argentina
- Coordinates
- 32.80° S, 68.80° W
- Deaths
- 14000
- Intensity mmi
- 9
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1861 Mendoza earthquake
Violent earthquake in Argentina
The 1861 Mendoza earthquake occurred in the province of Mendoza, Argentina on 20 March at 11:30 PM. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 on the Ms scale and an intensity of IX–X on the Mercalli scale. Its hypocenter was located at an estimated depth of 30 kilometres (19 mi).
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la provincia argentina de Mendoza es destruida por un terremoto de magnitud 7,2, dejando un saldo de entre 6000 y 12 000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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