The 2010 Salta earthquake occurred on February 27 at in
Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Boliv ...
,
Argentina and had a
magnitude of 6.3. It occurred less than 12 hours after the far larger magnitude 8.8
Chile earthquake, which killed 525 people. It was initially thought to be an aftershock of the Chile earthquake, but scientists later established that the earthquakes were unrelated. The epicenter was about north of the city of
Salta. The quake killed two people, and injured dozens.
Damage and casualties
The damage was not great, but small buildings and slums were easily destroyed. The earthquake received little regional coverage, largely because the catastrophe in Chile, occurring a few hours earlier, garnered the most attention. Much of the destruction happened in the towns of
Campo Quijano and
La Merced, where several
adobe
Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...
houses collapsed and numerous others were left uninhabitable.
There were two deaths, including an 8-year-old boy.
See also
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List of earthquakes in 2010
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List of earthquakes in Argentina
References
External links
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