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with the information received from the distant l.ocalities, after the occurrence
of each strong event.
COMMENTS ON DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ARGENTINE
1. Earthquake of EstLco (Salta), 13 September 1662.
It completely destroyed the city of Talavera of Madrid or Esteco, next
to the Camino Real, in the southeast region of the province of Salta. In
1634, Esteco already had 2000 inhabitants but this earthquake was so destructive
that the city was not rebuilt.
It caued consi derable damage in the city of Salta, some IOu km from the
epicenter.
According to the reports of the Lime there was at least one aftershock,
of great intensity, which produced further damage.
2. Earthqualke of Mendoza, 20 March 1861.
It is considered the eart hquake which percentage-wise caused the most
damage and the greatest number of victims throughout all of the Argentine
seismic historv. According to the census of 1857, the city of Mendoza had
8,000 inhabitants, of which 5,000 were victims of this earthquake. It destroyed
all of the yity, inctud ing the chu rches which were of brick and lime.
Great aundsliides were observed in the mountains nearby the city. Many
cracks were observed in the ground. Liquefaction effects were only verified
in uaymalhen.
Manv aftershocks were noted, some of great intensity, specially during
the first three days after the main earthquake.
3. Arg:entine Earthquake, 27 October 1894.
It produced important damage in the provinces of San Juan and La Rioja
and, to a lesser degree, in the province of Mendoza. It caused cracks in
some of the buildings in the city of C6rdoba.
lhn rea which suffered most damage was in the north central part of
the province of San Juan, specially the departments of Jachal, Iglesia,
Albardon, Angaco and San Mart n, which suffered a total of 50 killed. Great
areas were observed with soil .1 iquefaction (extensives cracks, subsidence
uplift of tihe hottom of irrigation cannals, inundated streets).
The localit:ies with greatest damage were Nogna and Iglesia, where 100%
of the const ruc tions we:e destroyed. There are reports of the fall of trees
and great laudl ides in nearby mountains. There were also numerous aftershocks,
some of great intensity, during the first month after the main event.
4. South Mendoza Earthquake, 30 May 1929.
This event damaged two localities in the south of the province of