1894 San Juan earthquake

Earthquake in Argentina 1894 San Juan earthquake Terremoto de San Juan de 1894.jpg October 27, 1894 19:30 1894-10-28 yes 7.5 Ms 9 30 kmhttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=2457&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display https://web.archive.org/web/20171211053341/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=2457&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead December 11, 2017 Significant earthquake National Geophysical Data Center National Geophysical Data Center 30 October 2012 -29.6 -69.0 inline,titlehttp://www.inpres.gov.ar/seismology/historicos.php Listado de Terremotos Históricos Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica Spanish 30 October 2012 22 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022084216/http://www.inpres.gov.ar/seismology/historicos.php dead Argentina ~100 The 1894 San Juan earthquake took place in the province of San Juan, Argentina, on 27 October 1894, at about 07:30 PM. It was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Argentina, with magnitude 7.5 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. Its epicenter was located to the northwest of San Juan, approximately at 29 48 S 69 00 W, and at a depth of 30 km. The maximum perceived intensity for the earthquake was IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused severe damage and about 100 casualties in San Juan and the province of La Rioja, and also caused minor damage in Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and Mendoza, up to 500 km away from the epicenter.Perucca L.P. Moreiras S.M. Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America: Special Volumes of Geomorphology Latrubesse E. Elsevier 2009 Seismic and Volcanic Hazards in Argentina 9780444531179 https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8DPauYIOYC&pg=PT639 See also List of earthquakes in Argentina List of historical earthquakes References es Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica. Listado de Terremotos Históricos https://web.archive.org/web/20121022084216/http://www.inpres.gov.ar/seismology/historicos.php 2012-10-22 . Further reading Dauer Quinn 2012 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1875&context=etd Natural Disasters and Comparative State-Formation and Nation-Building: Earthquakes in Argentina and Chile (1822–1939) PhD FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations 10.25148/etd.FI12120403 free 1894 Category:1894 in Argentina Category:Earthquakes in San Juan Province, Argentina San Juan, 1894 Category:October 1894 in South America Category:1894 disasters in Argentina