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{{Infobox earthquake
 | name        = 1948 Salta earthquake
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| lat = -24.57
| long = -64.82
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 | timestamp   = 1948-08-25 06:09:28
 | isc-event   = 897515
 | anss-url    = iscgem897515
 | local-date  = {{Start date|1948|08|25}}
 | local-time  = 03:09:28
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 | magnitude   = 7.0 {{M|w|link=y}}<ref name=ISC-GEM/>
 | depth       = {{convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=ISC-GEM/>
 | location    = {{coord|-24.57|-64.82|region:AR_type:event|display=inline,title}}<ref name=ISC-GEM/>
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 | affected    = [[Salta Province]] <br> [[Argentina]]
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 | intensity   = {{MMI|IX}}<ref name=PAGER-CAT/>
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 | casualties  = 2
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The '''1948 Salta earthquake''' took place in the [[provinces of Argentina|Argentinian province]] of [[Salta Province|Salta]] on 25 August at {{tooltip|03:09:28 local time|06:09:28 UTC}} The shock was 7.0 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] and had a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli Intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). Property damage and casualties occurred in several towns in the east and southeast of Salta, and also in northern [[Tucumán Province|Tucumán]] and [[Jujuy Province|Jujuy]], affecting the capitals of both. It was the last major earthquake recorded in the [[Argentine Northwest]] until the [[2010 Salta earthquake]].

==See also==
* [[List of earthquakes in 1948]]
* [[List of earthquakes in Argentina]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=ISC-GEM>{{citation|title=ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)|url=http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php|author=ISC|year=2015|publisher=[[International Seismological Centre]]|series=Version 2.0}}</ref>
<ref name=PAGER-CAT>{{citation|title=PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/|date=September 4, 2009|publisher=United States Geological Survey|series=Version 2008_06.1 }}</ref> 
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.inpres.gov.ar/docentes/Terremotos%20hist%C3%B3ricos%20de%20la%20RA-2012.pdf Terremotos Históricos De La República Argentina] – Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica {{in lang|es}}
* {{EQ-isc-link|897515}}

{{Earthquakes in 1948}}

[[Category:1948 in Argentina|Salta earthquake]]
[[Category:Earthquakes in Argentina]]
[[Category:Geology of Salta Province]]
[[Category:1948 earthquakes|Salta, 1948]]
[[Category:1948 disasters in Argentina|Salta earthquake]]


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