What the records say
- When
- 19 Oct 1844
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Where
- Argentina
- Coordinates
- 25.00° S, 66.00° W
- Intensity mmi
- 7
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1844 Salta earthquake
Earthquake
The 1844 Salta earthquake took place in the Province of Salta, in the Republic of Argentina, on 18 October at 23:00 UTC. Reports estimated a magnitude of 6.5 Ms, and a hypocentral depth of 30 km.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,5 sacude la provincia argentina de Salta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page