1977 San Juan earthquake

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earthquake natural disaster

The 1977 San Juan earthquake was a powerful and destructive seismic event that struck the San Juan Province of western Argentina on November 23, 1977, causing significant damage and loss of life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
aftershocks multiple significant aftershocks in the following days ⓘ
casualties 65 deaths ⓘ
category 1977 disasters in Argentina ⓘ
1977 earthquakes ⓘ
Earthquakes in Argentina ⓘ
History of San Juan Province, Argentina ⓘ
cause subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
countryAffected Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
countrySubdivisionAffected Mendoza Province GENERATED ⓘ
San Juan Province GENERATED ⓘ
damage severe structural damage in San Juan Province ⓘ
date 1977-11-23 ⓘ
day 23 ⓘ
depth_km 17 ⓘ
epicenterRegion near Caucete, San Juan Province ⓘ
injured 300 ⓘ
intensityScale Mercalli intensity scale NERFINISHED ⓘ
isInCountry Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
localTime 1977-11-23T06:23 ⓘ
location San Juan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
western Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
magnitude 7.4 ⓘ
magnitudeType moment magnitude scale ⓘ
maximumIntensity IX (Violent) ⓘ
month November ⓘ
naturalHazardType seismic event ⓘ
notableFor high level of destruction in San Juan Province ⓘ
occurredOnContinent South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf seismicity of the Andean region ⓘ
recordedBy seismological agencies worldwide ⓘ
result building collapses ⓘ
human casualties ⓘ
infrastructure damage ⓘ
stronglyFeltIn La Rioja Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Juan NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting Andean convergent margin ⓘ
timeZone UTC−03:00 ⓘ
type crustal earthquake ⓘ
year 1977 ⓘ

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western Argentina → hasNotableEarthquake → 1977 San Juan earthquake ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Argentina