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The El Tigre Fault is a 120 km long, roughly north-south trending, [5] major strike-slip fault located in the Western Precordillera in Argentina. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] The Precordillera lies just to the east of the Andes mountain range in South America . [ 1 ]
This is a list of earthquakes in Argentina. Details are approximate for old events. Magnitude is measured in the Richter scale.
Seismic faults of Argentina. Pages in category "Seismic faults of Argentina" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Shaking was felt as far away as Chile's capital of Santiago after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Argentina on Monday night. Several injuries have been reported, but there have been ...
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday morning and was felt in several provinces of neighboring Argentina, but there were no immediate reports of damage and ...
Many high-magnitude earthquakes have been recorded in the region, such as the 2010 Maule earthquake (M8.8), the 2015 Illapel earthquake (M8.2), and the 1960 Valdivia earthquake (M9.5), which as of 2024 was the strongest ever recorded on seismometers. The amount, magnitude, and type of seismic activity varies greatly along the subduction zone.
1834 Java earthquake (M 7.0) Brothers Fault Zone: Oregon, United States: Bulnay Fault: 370: Mongolia: Sinistral: Active: 1905 Bolnai (M8.3) Calaveras Fault: 120: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States: Dextral: Active: 1911 Morgan Hill (M6.5), 1984 Morgan Hill (M6.2) Cascadia megathrust: 1000: West coast of United States – Oregon ...
The geography of Argentina is heavily diverse, consisting of the Andes Mountains, pampas, and various rivers and lakes.Bordered by the Andes in the west and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, its neighbouring countries are Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, and Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast.